Michael Whyte
Principal Software Engineer at Apex Fintech Solutions UK
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMichael Whyte is a Principal Software Engineer and GCP Certified Architect based in Belfast with over a decade of experience building resilient, cloud-native systems for finance and trading firms. He has driven technical strategy and delivery at Apex Fintech Solutions/PEAK6, leading the creation of a next-generation KYC platform and setting organisation-wide architecture standards. Previously at CME Group he owned low-latency market data and trading platform initiatives, blending Java backend expertise with Kafka, Cassandra, and cloud services (AWS/GCP). A hands-on leader, he has recruited and mentored large engineering cohorts, hiring 40+ candidates while growing and managing high-performing teams. Known for translating complex compliance and automation requirements into practical, scalable systems, he combines deep technical rigor with an eye for operational excellence.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computing and Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computing and Information Technology at Queen's University Belfast
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (29)
java9
spring9
maven6
jdbctemplate6
hibernate6
autowire6
mocking6
spring-boot6
kotlin6
spring-mvc6
regex6
gcp6
sql-injection6
serverless5
google-play5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
MWhyte/ConfluencePageEditter
Feb 2015 - Jul 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
MWhyte/jackson
Apr 2018 - May 2023
Studying the need for jackson Mixins
Contributions:3 PRs, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
mixinsjackson
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