George Richmond
Software Engineer at The Guardian
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolGeorge Richmond is a senior software engineer with 13+ years of hands-on experience delivering scalable, data-intensive full-stack applications across finance, media, ESG analytics and manufacturing. He specialises in modern JavaScript stacks (React, TypeScript, Node/NestJS) and database optimisation (Postgres, Elasticsearch), consistently driving performance gains and confident continuous delivery through rigorous testing practices. George has architected GraphQL APIs and analytics dashboards for high-traffic publishers, led monolith-to-microservices transitions, and improved ESG platform performance by 40% through query and architecture tuning. He pairs deep technical craft with a systematic approach to engineering quality—introducing user-focused test automation, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development patterns that mentor teams and reduce release risk. Notably, he built production planning systems for Pret a Manger’s distributed supply chain and led AI strategy and supervisor-agent patterns for iterative development. Based in London, he’s seeking permanent roles where technical leadership and quality-first engineering deliver measurable business outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Aviation Management, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Aviation Management at London Metropolitan UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at Birkbeck, University of London
Github Skills (53)
web-application9
nodejs9
react9
zenhub8
router8
ghost8
javascript8
react-components7
html5-canvas7
cms7
xml-schema7
sky7
material-ui7
xsd7
declarative7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
BSkyB/vinion
Jun 2015 - Mar 2022
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 6 years 11 months
georgerichmond/georgerichmond.github.io
Oct 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:7 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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