Summary
Charles Armitage is a Principal Software Development Engineer with 14+ years of experience building full-stack, high-quality software and leading engineering teams from design through delivery. He combines deep C#/.NET Core and Angular/TypeScript expertise with hands-on architecture, Azure deployments, SignalR, WebRTC and CI pipelines to migrate complex desktop systems to cloud-native web applications. Known for mentoring developers and steering cross-functional stakeholders, he repeatedly delivers on tight timelines using Scrum and Kanban while maintaining strong test-driven and SOLID practices. His background spans embedded C++ VoIP platforms to large-scale SaaS, giving him unusual fluency across low-level networking and modern web front ends. At Capital One and previous roles he has driven phased rollouts, remote desktop/browser integrations, and automated testing frameworks that reduced defects and sped releases. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technical leader who prefers solving tricky integration challenges and turning prototype concepts into production-grade systems.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Real-Time Computing, MSc Real-Time Computing at Nottingham Trent University
BEng Electronic Engineering, BEng Electronic Engineering at University of Birmingham