Summary
Michael Clayson is a Senior Software Engineer based in London with 11 years of professional experience and 7+ years focused on backend .NET (C#) development. He has delivered enterprise full-stack and data-centric systems across retail and finance domains, most recently building microservice APIs and CI/CD pipelines for Harrods before joining IBM. Skilled in .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, T-SQL, Azure DevOps and deployments, he combines hands-on coding with solution and architectural design for production systems. Michael’s background in EPOS support and server estate management gives him strong operational instincts—he’s as comfortable tuning SQL performance and monitoring live systems as he is designing new services. Known for bridging business needs and engineering delivery, he brings pragmatic attention to reliability, security and measurable impact.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) Computer Science Computer Science, BSc (Hons) Computer Science Computer Science at University of Liverpool
Foundation year Computer Science, Foundation year Computer Science at Goldsmiths, University of London
English