Summary
Jay Bush is a Technical Lead based in Exeter with nine years of professional experience building PHP-driven and front-end applications across public and private sectors, from NHS platforms to higher education and enterprise data services. He champions MVC principles, coding standards and accessibility, pairing hands-on development in PHP, JavaScript and Docker-based microservices with practical UX/UI sensibilities. His background includes cross-disciplinary roles at NHS England and University of Exeter, giving him strong domain knowledge in large-scale, regulated systems and data-driven search technologies like Elasticsearch. Comfortable leading delivery and mentoring teams, he also brings legacy system familiarity (Visual FoxPro/DBF) that helps when modernising long-lived applications.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Harrow Way School, Andover
Digital and technology Solutions, Computer Science and Business Analysis, Digital and technology Solutions, Computer Science and Business Analysis at University of Exeter
Cricklade College, Andover