Jonathan Turnock
Principal Software Engineer (Messaging) at Booking.com
Hawarden, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Turnock is a Principal Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience modernising large-scale platforms across e-commerce, cybersecurity, gaming, and distributed systems, currently driving messaging architecture at Booking.com. He specialises in domain-driven design and pragmatic modularisation, turning entangled monoliths into cloud-native, resilient services and micro-frontends that scale. Jonathan has led platform transformations that consolidated multiple legacy services into single self-serve workflow platforms, introduced materialised view and ETL layers for unlimited API partnerships, and accelerated partner onboarding through elastic, Node.js-based solutions. He pairs hands-on engineering with leadership—running hackathons, building MCP Servers and a custom MCP Client Framework to embed Generative AI into product workflows. Outside day-to-day delivery he experiments with LLMs and agentic workflows, including a battlefield simulation for AI-driven decision-making, reflecting a strong curiosity for applied research and emerging tech. Based in Hawarden, Wales, he combines operational pragmatism with a track record of unlocking long-term velocity and business value.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Software Development and Networking Computer Software Engineering, Software Development and Networking Computer Software Engineering at The Open University
Github Skills (111)
authentication10
spring-security10
security10
java10
spring-boot10
spring10
oauth10
localstorage9
pouchdb8
javascript8
firebase8
indexeddb8
rxjs8
placement8
nodejs8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
flying-dice/dcs-dropzone-mod-manager
Jan 2024 - Mar 2025
DCS World Mod Manager
Contributions:15 reviews, 43 PRs, 129 pushes in 1 year 2 months
flying-dice/fluentui-toolkit
Feb 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:17 releases, 43 commits, 39 pushes in 3 months
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