Jamie Taylor Email and Phone Number
Hi, I'm Jamie Taylor, a Microsoft MVP and seasoned technologist specializing in .NET, Python, Go, and bespoke software delivery. With over a decade of experience, I bring a unique blend of technical expertise and strategic thinking to the table.In 2023, I was honored with the award for Most Visionary Software Development Managing Director, a recognition that underscores my commitment to innovation and leadership in the industry. My journey is marked by a dedication to translating complex technological landscapes into tangible business benefits. As the host of The Modern .NET Show, an award-winning podcast, I showcase my deep technical knowledge and communicate complex concepts in an accessible manner.In bespoke software delivery, I've successfully tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of each client. Beyond technical proficiency, I prioritize understanding the broader business context, ensuring that every solution aligns seamlessly with overarching business objectives. My goal is to create strategic assets that drive operational efficiency, innovation, and contribute to long-term success.Being a Microsoft MVP reflects not only my technical prowess but also my dedication to sharing knowledge. This accolade opens doors to unique opportunities, including networking with Microsoft executives and gaining early access to cutting-edge technologies. For clients, this means not just current solutions but forward-looking, innovative approaches that provide a competitive edge in the market.If you're seeking a strategic partner who not only navigates the intricacies of .NET, Python, Go, and bespoke software delivery but also understands your business objectives, let's connect. Together, we can chart a course for your digital success, leveraging the latest technologies and innovative solutions tailored to your unique needs. I look forward to exploring how our collaboration can elevate your business in the dynamic landscape of technology.
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Software Engineering ConsultantRjj Software Oct 2018 - PresentLeeds, United KingdomIt is through RJJ Software that I offer my services as a software development expert, podcast production and editing consultant, and consultant.I have been instrumental in taking failing projects for both SMEs and billion-dollar companies and not only making it turn a profit, but increasing their KPI throughputs. I have achived this by leveraging the very latest in the technology sphere, and leaning on my extensive experience with the Microsoft technology stack (.NET Core; SQL Server; and Azure), AI and machine learning, and the very latest in the DevOps and DevSecOps arenas.In my podcast production and editing consulting role, I have taken award winning shows with audiences in the thousands and increased the overall quality of the produced product. This has lead to both increased audience engadgement for those shows and better, more lucrative sponsorship deals for the hosts.I have given talks on many subjects - from technologies which are at the bleeding edge (and not yet available for public consumption) to adoption of agile practises, and from how to hire the best talent, to techniques for learning the latest technologies in the fastest ways possible. -
Open Source DevRjj Software Dec 2015 - PresentHttps://Github.Com/GaprogmanOwaspHeaders.Core, 275k ★ &925.2K downloads (github.com/GaProgMan/OwaspHeaders.Core)Inject OWASP recommended HTTP Headers for increased security in a single line 🔐OnionArch, 102 ★ (github.com/GaProgMan/OnionArch)A .NET Core demo application which uses the Onion Architecture 🧅dwCheckApi, 27 ★ (github.com/GaProgMan/dwCheckApi)An ASP.NET Core WebAPI project for all Discworld novels, extensible enough to cover any book series 📖BugTracker, 19 ★ (github.com/GaProgMan/BugTracker)A basic bug tracker, implemented in ASP .NET Core 🐛FullStackTemplate, 13 ★ (github.com/GaProgMan/FullStackTemplate)A full stack ASP.NET Core template ☁️ -
Mvp - Developer TechnologiesMicrosoft Community Dec 2021 - PresentAs a Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies, I am recognised for my exceptional expertise and contributions to the .NET community.This role involves actively sharing my knowledge through technical content creation, speaking engagements, and community involvement. I provide valuable feedback to Microsoft, helping shape the future of .NET technologies. This prestigious status underscores my commitment to advancing the .NET ecosystem, supporting developers, and fostering innovation within the software development industry. -
Podcast Host, Producer And EditorThe Modern .Net Show Nov 2017 - PresentLeeds, United KingdomI produce, record, and host two podcasts (and co-host a third) covering several topics. This requires me to plan topics, schedule time to record them, arrange for interviews and guests, and produce and maintain several web applications for them.The Modern .NET Show (https://dotnetcore.show) covers a wide range of topics related to .NET technologies, interview prominent community members and reached an engaged audience in the tens of thousands - see https://dotnetcore.show/press-kit/ for the latest audience statistics.Tabs & Spaces is a podcast which presents a "pub chat"-like conversation. The three hosts (Zac Braddy, James Studdart, and myself) talk about the aspects of software development that aren't as technology-specific. Previous topics have been: interviewing, office politics, the lies that we tell to ourselves and others, whether you should learn the latest technologies, etc.The Waffling Taylors podcast is a podcast about video gaming, the industry around it, and some of the developers who are changing how we experience video games (and related entertainment) daily. It has been a long-held belief for mine that video game development can be one of the most challenging arenas for developers to work in, and my interviews for this show prove it as they get to the details of what it is like to be a games developer in the 21st century. -
Software Development ConsultantWilliams Racing May 2023 - Feb 2024I was engaged by Williams Racing to work solo on a project which had encountered a number of serious challenges in relation to both code quality and release cadence. The code base for this project was first written almost half a decade prior to my working on it, and had no test coverage; this meant that the long change history was done with almost no assurance that changes wouldn't cause regressions or failures in other areas.At the start of my time working alongside Williams Racing, I was tasked with getting to grips with the code base - one that very few engineers in the business knew much about. I spent some time documenting how the code worked, adding integration tests for known good inputs and expected outputs, and adding metrics and logging to the project. The metrics and logging were almost as important as the tests and documentation, as there was almost no visibility into which areas of the code base were being used."Code which isn't exercised should be exorcised." - Chris Zimmerman of Sucker Punch. -
Technical ReviewerPackt Mar 2023 - Jun 2023I was one of the technical reviewers for Modern Distributed Tracing in .NET, a book which focusses on Open Telemetry and modern .NET, published by Packt.My work as a technical reviewer has required me to read through chapters of each book and provide feedback on:- Clarity of the topic being discussed- Correctness of code samples- Correctness of technical points raised- What the reader will learn- Whether there are points which are not covered in the textThis is a demanding, yet very rewarding position to be in. It requires my communications skills to be at their best, and for me to focus on the correctness and clarity of the technical content.Although there was one other technical reviewer, I was in charge of reviewing the content in chapters 7 through to 15 - the second half of the book. -
Technical ReviewerPackt Aug 2022 - Feb 2023I was one of the technical reviewers for the book "Event-driven Microservices Architecture in .NET 7", published by Packt.My work as a technical reviewer has required me to read through chapters of each book and provide feedback on:- Clarity of the topic being discussed- Correctness of code samples- Correctness of technical points raised- What the reader will learn- Whether there are points which are not covered in the textThis is a demanding, yet very rewarding position to be in. It requires my communications skills to be at their best, and for me to focus on the correctness and clarity of the technical content.Although there was one other technical reviewer, I was in charge of reviewing the content in chapters 5 through to 13 - the majority of the middle of the book. -
.Net And Devops ConsultantServita Aug 2022 - Dec 2022I was engaged by Servita to augment their existing team on a project which had encountered a number of serious challenges in relation to both code-quality and release cadence. The code base for this project was purchased from a previous supplier, and required reviewing and getting into a running state before any other work could be completed.At the start of my time working alongside Servita on this project, the code base was not in a running state, and I was the only engineer on the project. I was required to get to grips with a large, complex code base (around 50,000 lines), provide a review of the quality, and get it in a running state within days - which I achieved.After getting the code base in a running state, my aim was to build a stable DevOps pipeline for the project. This would allow for greatly increase velocity for delivering new features as they were added.I was also tasked with double-checking the quality of the code that other engineers were providing. This required careful, considerate communication with the other engineers, providing constructive feedback as I went. -
Software Development ConsultantOdondo May 2022 - Jul 2022I was engaged by Odondo to join a small team of contractors whose focus was on building onto and maintaining an agency-built Python and React-based application suite.The application suite required some new features to be added before an in-house team could take over its development and maintenance. This required me to build out several new Web API features (using Python), work with Postgres databases, and build out React-based components (using Atomic design patterns).The additions to and maintainance of the code base that I worked on where built entirely using Domain-driven Design (requiring a deep understanding on the domain problem that each feature would solve), and Test-driven Development. This ensured that the features I shipped could be relied upon when it was released into the wild. -
Software Development ConsultantLogtrade Technology Nov 2021 - May 2022LogTrade engaged my services to aid in building and maintaining their Internet of Logistics project as I have a proven background in shipping .NET-based solutions and my ability to quickly get a detailed understanding of a project.I was tasked with the following goals:- Replace an inefficiently implemented API test framework, written in Python using Robot Framework- Build an MVP product which would allow their IoL system to create and manage smart contracts, using the latest in .NET technologies -Implement an entirely new React application which would be added to an existing suite of React applicationsI also consulted on the start of a project which would use GraphQL to allow their clients and customers to utilise their APIs with much more ease. During my time working alongside LogTrade, it was decided that the GraphQL project would be temporarily shelved. -
.Net Five Consultant DeveloperDisputed.Io May 2021 - Oct 2021Disputed.io (now FinLegal.io) engaged my services to help them build upon a .NET-based suite of Web APIs which were built as microservices. This also required me to build and maintain React-based components which could make use of the new Web API components.I provided expert analysis of the code base, with feedback on improvements & optimisations. Leveraged the latest and greatest technologies (.NET 5 & React), Consultations based on Clean Agile, Clean Architecture, SOLID, and best practices.
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.Net Application ArchitectOnefile Nov 2020 - Jan 2021Laid the ground work for an industry beating e-learning platform. {Utilised Azure DevOps for build and release. Leveraged latest and greatest technologies (.NET 5, Cosmos DB, React) -
.Net Application ArchitectSage Publishing Sep 2020 - Dec 2020SAGE Publishing engaged me on a contract to build an MVP for a data-mining application for their entire corpus of published literature.The project consisted of working alongside a React developer and a data scientist to build a WebAPI project (using .NET Core 3.0). This Web API was hosted within a multi-application docker compose based application network with both the React application and a Python execution engine.Working with the React developer, we created a system which allowed the user to drag and drop components which represented data science operations to build up a script to run on a sub-set of the SAGE Publising literary corpora. -
.Net Development ConsultantOpenmoney Feb 2020 - Jun 2020Consulted on and built a microservices system using Service Fabric. Integrated Azure Config Api into all existing systems.Consulted on application architecture best practices. Improved performance and throughput for all parts of the system. -
.Net Development ConsultantFootasylum Aug 2019 - Dec 2019Built Microservices based, Azure hosted APIs for use by both the greater company and for external third parties. Integrated the Microservices solution into Azure for hosting.Increased company velocity via implementations of interfaces between the greater company and external third parties. Aided in the creation and running of Community of Practice and mentoring junior developers.Presented work completed to external parties and board members. Solutions provided leveraged both JWT and OAuth authentication patterns for user access to sensitive areas of system. -
.Net Development ConsultantGhd Mar 2019 - Aug 2019Part of a three developer team with a focus is on collaboration, and the long term stability of the code base.Built a Microservices based, message broker system which handles all messages relating to sales and dispatch using a built service bus implementation. The system used "latest & greatest" .NET Core technology.The software solution leveraged both simple authentication and OAuth for communicating with third party systems. -
Devops ManagerAudacia Nov 2017 - Feb 2019Leeds, United KingdomAs DevOps Manager it was my responsibility to provision and maintain the cloud and on-premise server solutions at Audacia and for its clients. Towards the end of my time at Audacia, I had moved the majority of their clients to the cloud and had provided training on how to build cloud-first applications.I was also a key member of the Security Management Team. This is where we discussed ways to improve the stability and security of the business and its clients. We would then create action plans for the business and its clients, present them to the business along with the costs of implementing them and the risks of not implementing them.This coincided with the creation of bespoke build and release pipelines for each of Audacia's projects, enabling the development teams to adopt accepted DevOps and Agile practises, increasing the velocity of code deployments and the enhancement of features. -
Software DeveloperAudacia Consulting May 2015 - Nov 2017Leeds, United KingdomAs a Software Developer at Audacia, I worked on several different projects for many of Audacia's clients. The majority of these projects were web-based applications and leveraged ASP .NET on .NET Framework 4.0 and above. One or two of the projects used different technologies, such as both WinForms and WebForms.Some of the projects included: an inventory and MTBF management system for a mechanical seal manufacturer; a system which used moderated video, and audio content from users to facilitate Restorative Justice for a constabulary of the Metropolitan Police; a job board with up-to-the-minute auto-updating facilities; a cloth design system for a leading manufacturer of woven fabrics.I was involved in the entire SDLC cycle and applied the latest in Agile methodologies. I also gave internal training sessions on the latest technologies and frameworks. -
.Net DeveloperBranded3 Jun 2014 - Apr 2015Leeds, United Kingdom(now trading under Edit)Leveraging my extensive .NET experience, I worked alongside a team of dedicated developers on a series of Sitecore based e-commerce platforms for a multi-national vehicle retail group.I relied on my ability to learn new technologies quickly and deeply, as I had no prior experience with Sitecore. I was able to learn the Sitecore system such that I was able to write deeply technical blog posts (archived here on the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20150107122312/http://www.branded3.com/blogs/author/jamie-taylor/, retrieved on July 28th, 2020) and train both the client and other members of the Branded3 team. -
Software EngineerTrac Global Dec 2011 - May 2014Hull, United Kingdom(TRaC Global now trade as Element Materials Technology)I developed an industry leading product testing squite, used for both in-house product testing and compliance testing against the ZiggBee standard. This required the creation of a custom scripting language, conversion of ZigBee test specifications to the scripting language, a parser, and woking on C-based firmware for a bespoke ZigBee test harness.I was also required to translate documents which accompanied certain peices of test hardware from Japanese into English. This required a great deal of understanding of both the Japanese language and the technical details of the specification or device under test.
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