Jake Turner
Senior Software Engineer at Arqit
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJake Turner is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience who blends full‑stack expertise in Kotlin and TypeScript with a strong background in backend systems and developer tooling. He has shipped high‑performance REST and gRPC microservices at a quantum‑security startup (Arqit) and led feature development and testing for IBM's Blockchain Platform VS Code extension, even filing a patent around blockchain networks. Comfortable across the stack, Jake has hands‑on DevOps experience containerizing and automating CI/CD for Hyperledger projects and a track record of improving test automation and telemetry for developer tools. He is a collaborative squad leader and mentor who enjoys coaching junior engineers while continuing to deepen his backend and distributed systems skills.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, First-Class Honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, First-Class Honours at Loughborough UniversityFerndown Upper School
Github Skills (26)
javascript10
docker10
css10
typescript10
bash10
travis-ci10
vscode-extension10
ui-design10
containerization10
dockers10
cicd10
uid10
front-end-development10
build-automation10
typescript-types10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
IBM-Blockchain/blockchain-vscode-extension
Sep 2018 - Mar 2021
IBM Blockchain Platform extension for Visual Studio Code (this project is no longer active)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Full-stack Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:81 releases, 136 reviews, 389 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Jake Turner's commits focused on developing and testing the IBM Blockchain Platform VS Code extension. He implemented functionality to delete smart contract packages, integrated version checks for the generator-fabric, and added telemetry for IBP instance connections. His work also included significant updates to various test files and the deployment view, demonstrating a focus on ensuring and improving the quality and functionality of the extension.
blockchain-platformvisual-studio-code
hyperledger-archives/composer
Feb 2017 - May 2017
:warning: :warning: :warning: Hyperledger Composer has been deprecated :warning: :warning: :warning:
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:164 commits, 113 PRs, 63 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jake's commits primarily involve modifications to the Angular-based front-end application. They are focused on the user interface and UI functionalities.
hyperledger-composer
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