Summary
Adrian Walker is a seasoned senior developer and systems engineer based in York with over 13 years of hands-on experience delivering high-availability, national-scale healthcare systems and enterprise data platforms. He currently helps run Spine 2 for NHS England, designing, deploying and triaging resilient Python- and Java-based services that connect tens of thousands of clinical systems and manage critical demographic, clinical and prescription data. His background spans full-stack and backend architectures across Java, Python and containerised Linux environments, with deep operational experience in DevOps, CI/CD, monitoring and on-call incident response. Previously he led development of secure, large-scale data processing systems for global clients and built domain-specific tooling for clinical terminologies like SNOMED CT. Comfortable switching between feature design, production debugging and standards work, he brings a pragmatic blend of architecture, tooling and hands-on implementation to complex regulated systems.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Systems Engineering, 2:ii, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Systems Engineering, 2:ii at University of Warwick
Fulford School