Summary
Ronan Conway is a seasoned software engineer based in Belfast with eight years’ professional experience specializing in Java development, distributed systems and test automation. He spent a significant portion of his career building and validating ALM products that leverage WANdisco’s Paxos-based replication technology, pairing deep Linux expertise with practical CI/CD and container tooling (Jenkins, Docker, Vagrant). Comfortable across the stack, Ronan combines hands‑on coding in Java and Python with leadership experience managing QE teams and shipping replicated Gerrit integrations at scale. He brings a pragmatic TDD/BDD approach to quality, having authored extensive Java/JUnit and Python test automation for performance, compatibility and regression testing. Notably, his background spans both high-frequency financial systems at NYSE and enterprise-grade distributed replication, giving him a rare mix of low-latency data handling and robust distributed-state engineering.
8 years of coding experience