Ricardo Gladwell
Senior Software Engineer at HM Revenue & Customs
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRicardo Gladwell is a senior software engineer and agile consultant based in London with over two decades of professional experience and a 16-year track record in modern engineering roles. He specialises in Scala and Java for web- and service-oriented systems, championing test-driven development, continuous integration, and close collaboration with business stakeholders to turn requirements into maintainable solutions. His career spans large enterprises and high-profile digital teams—from HMRC and the BBC to Disney Streaming and John Lewis—where he has led technical delivery and DevOps improvements. An active contributor to open-source (notably improving OpenAPI2 integration in the popular http4k Kotlin toolkit), he blends practical API and integration expertise with a creative, quality-focused approach to problem solving. Currently available for remote contracting, he pairs deep technical breadth with strong interpersonal skills and a habit of improving developer ergonomics behind the scenes.
16 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Mathematics with Computer Science, B.Sc. Mathematics with Computer Science at University of ReadingA-Level English Literature (British and Commonwealth), A-Level English Literature (British and Commonwealth) at Wilson's Grammar School
English
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Github Skills (21)
kotlin10
apidoc10
http10
http4k10
http-client10
http-server10
api10
openapi10
jdbc9
testability9
android9
typesafe9
eclipse9
maven9
http-caching6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
http4k/http4k
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
The Functional toolkit for Kotlin HTTP applications. http4k provides a simple and uniform way to serve, consume, and test HTTP services.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 8 PRs, 9 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ricardo primarily contributed to the `http4k/http4k` repository by enhancing the OpenAPI2 integration. They fixed issues related to path matching and host directives, ensuring correct generation of OpenAPI descriptions. Additionally, the user added support for Google Cloud Endpoints OAuth2 and corrected a rendering issue within the security contract. These contributions demonstrate a focus on API documentation and integration capabilities.
http4khttp-clienthttp-servicesservetypesafe
rgladwell/urimplicit
Sep 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch, 16 tags in 4 years 5 months
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