David Illsley
Technical Architect at Government Digital Service
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Illsley is a hands-on Technical Architect with 14 years of experience designing, building and operating Java/JVM-based packaged and SaaS software across commercial and public sector environments. Currently at the Government Digital Service, he blends deep systems-level development expertise with operational ownership, having previously delivered large-scale Java grid computing for Morgan Stanley’s CreditTwo risk simulations. His background includes significant middleware and integration work at IBM—contributing to WebSphere, WebSphere ESB, DataPower and the Apache Axis2 project—so he excels at connecting complex enterprise systems. Comfortable leading delivery and lifting performance bottlenecks, he combines architecture, hands-on coding and support responsibilities to keep critical services running. Based in England, he brings a practical open-source-minded approach rooted in a Computer Science degree from the University of Edinburgh. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of turning research and standards participation (W3C WS-Addressing) into production-ready features.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, BSc (Hons), Computer Science at The University of Edinburgh
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (149)
reactive10
rest10
java10
gradle10
kotlin10
jax-rs10
jetty10
puppet9
payment9
api9
service-design9
payment-gateway9
rest-api9
maven9
jersey9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
davidillsley/small-clock
Apr 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
davidillsley/table-calculator
Jun 2013 - Dec 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 3 pushes in 3 years 7 months
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