Ray Cooke
Freelance Web Developer at The Great River Race
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRay Cooke is a strategic technology leader and Fractional CTO with two decades of experience delivering product-led engineering transformations across startups and global organisations. He combines hands-on system architecture and cloud/DevOps expertise with proven skill in building engaged, cross-functional teams and streamlining operational efficiency. Former VP of Engineering at Flexciton and ex-leader in financial and public-sector tech, he thrives at the intersection of product, business and engineering to turn complex requirements into pragmatic, scalable solutions. Ray also blends formal study in mechatronics with a background in distributed systems, giving him a practical appreciation for both software and hardware-led innovation. As an inventor of gadgets and career-long advocate for Agile and Lean practice, he enjoys making lives better by discovering elegant technical solutions. Based in London, he operates as a hands-on fractional CTO and freelance developer, helping organisations accelerate delivery without losing architectural integrity.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Merchant Taylors' School, NorthwoodBSc Computer Science with Distributed Systems and Networks, BSc Computer Science with Distributed Systems and Networks at University of SouthamptonGraduate Diploma Engineering (Mechatronics), Graduate Diploma Engineering (Mechatronics) at WelTecMaster of Science - MS Astronautics and Space Engineering, Master of Science - MS Astronautics and Space Engineering at University of Surrey
English, Hungarian
Github Skills (53)
data-visualization8
elasticsearch8
prometheus8
go8
cmsis8
grafana8
analytics8
dashboard8
monitoring8
platformio8
mysql8
postgresql7
unit-testing7
embedded-software7
debugging7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rcjcooke/apfc
Aug 2022 - Jul 2025
Contributions:44 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
rcjcooke/jira-grafana-team-metrics-datasource
Dec 2019 - Feb 2022
Grafana Datasource that connects to JIRA and analyses data to produce team management metrics such as velocity and cycle time
Contributions:1 review, 4 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 2 months
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