Summary
Jon Richards is a Senior Developer with 11 years of hands-on experience building and leading teams that deliver large-scale web platforms and data-rich applications. Self-taught and proactive, he has driven migrations and cloud-native designs for high-throughput gambling and enterprise data-visualisation products, shaping AWS architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and micro-frontend strategies. As a technical lead he has managed and mentored teams of 15–20 engineers, championing clean React front-ends, performant Java/Python backends, and automated infrastructure-as-code. He combines practical delivery—helping systems support hundreds of thousands of active users—with a talent for teaching: creating memorable, food-themed demos and structured one-to-ones to accelerate developer growth. Based in Salford, Jon thrives on tackling complex integrations and turning mixed, geospatial data sources into real-time, actionable insights.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Game Art Art Design, Game Art Art Design at The University of Bolton
English