Jonathan Essex
Principal Consultant at Misys
Charlotte Metro United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Essex is a Principal Consultant and seasoned IT professional with three decades of experience delivering and architecting software across contexts from legacy mainframes to distributed Ethereum and Filecoin applications. He combines hands-on development, project leadership and consulting—helping financial services and enterprise clients balance innovation with operational realism. As founder of Software Plumbers LLC and a long-serving practice manager at Misys, he specializes in pragmatic "Web 2.5" architectures that adopt Web3 primitives where mature and rely on proven platforms elsewhere. Jonathan's unique edge is his dual stance as a cryptocurrency skeptic but a believer in decentralized ledger technology, advising clients on when experimentation is valuable and when conservatism preserves product longevity. Based in the Charlotte metro, he pairs deep technical knowledge with a hard-won sense for how software is maintained and decommissioned over decades.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
King's School, WorcesterComputer Science, Computer Science at University College London, U. of London
English, French
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Github Skills (158)
libgit210
postgresql10
databases10
ipfs10
sap10
javascript10
ecosystem10
browser10
ionic10
sql10
golang10
hana10
data-mapper10
database10
sap-hana10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
fission-codes/kubo-car-mirror
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Implementation of the CAR Mirror protocol for Kubo
Contributions:9 reviews, 192 commits, 1 PR in 2 months
golangipfskubocarcar-file
SoftwarePlumbers/estuary
Mar 2022 - May 2022
A custom IPFS/Filecoin node that makes it easy to pin IPFS content and make Filecoin deals.
Contributions:18 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
ipfsfilecoinpindealstextile
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