Summary
Jon Turner is a senior engineer with 11 years of experience building and operating high-availability distributed systems for demanding domains including music streaming, Formula 1 engineering, and proprietary trading. He has led teams and technical strategy at McLaren Racing and Tyler Capital, delivering full-stack architectures, Kubernetes-based platforms, and simulation/ML tooling that materially improved competitive outcomes. At Spotify he focuses on access and security for 500 million users, combining backend service design with big-data analysis to protect and empower a large developer community. Comfortable in languages from C++ and Java to Python and cloud-native tooling, he bridges hands-on engineering with people leadership and product thinking. His background in mathematics and machine learning, plus a Diploma in Leadership, gives him a rare mix of quantitative rigor and operational management. Colleagues would note his knack for turning complex simulation and data problems into pragmatic, production-grade systems.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Mathematics, Diploma, Mathematics at The Open University
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, 2:1, BSc (Hons), Computer Science, 2:1 at The University of Manchester
Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree, Artificial Intelligence at Udacity
Diploma, Leadership and Management, Distinction, Level 3, Diploma, Leadership and Management, Distinction, Level 3 at Chartered Management Institute