Josh Richards
Software Engineer - Syft Integration
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Richards is a software engineer based in Edinburgh with nine years of hands-on experience building scalable full-stack web applications, currently focused on integrating Syft Analytics into Xero’s ecosystem. He has shipped high-impact features for Xero’s modernised Invoicing platform, drove a recovery strategy that cut frontend MTTR from 30 minutes to 30 seconds, and implemented synthetic monitoring to uphold SLOs for hundreds of thousands of daily users. Proficient across React, TypeScript, C#, .NET, Node.js, SQL, AWS and GitHub, he blends pragmatic engineering with strong user-experience instincts. He enjoys tackling real-world problems through side projects and mentoring new engineers, and relocated internationally to support cross-team collaboration with Syft’s South African team—demonstrating both technical depth and adaptability.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Engineering with Honours, Software Engineering, Bachelors of Engineering with Honours, Software Engineering at Victoria University of Wellington
Github Skills (56)
donut-chart10
html5-canvas9
barchart9
stacked9
pie-chart9
area-chart9
rest-api8
api8
authentication8
population8
api-client8
redis7
radar-chart7
api-platform7
css7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
joshuarichards001/financial-freedom
Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:46 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
joshuarichards001/piano-theory
Feb 2024 - Jan 2025
Learn piano theory on a virtual piano
Contributions:6 PRs, 229 pushes, 4 branches in 11 months
daisyuipianoreactreact-routerredux
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