Ross Whitehead
Senior Technology Architect at Nationwide Building Society
Devizes, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRoss Whitehead is a Senior Technology Architect with over a decade of experience shaping early life-cycle enterprise architecture and delivering pragmatic technical solutions for major UK organisations. Currently at Nationwide Building Society, he combines a strong background in operational research (MSc, Lancaster) with hands-on technical leadership developed through roles from Senior E-Business Developer to Technical Architect. His career spans finance and industry, giving him a keen eye for translating commercial constraints into robust architectures and measurable business outcomes. Based in Devizes, he is comfortable operating at the intersection of strategy and implementation, often bringing analytical rigor from his OR training to design trade-offs and risk-aware roadmaps. An understated strength is his longevity across projects and employers, reflecting an ability to evolve with technology while keeping delivery and governance front of mind.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Commerce (Industrial Economics and Business Studies), Bachelor's Degree, Commerce (Industrial Economics and Business Studies) at University of BirminghamMaster's Degree, Operational Research, Master's Degree, Operational Research at Lancaster University
Github Skills (24)
mongoose7
microservices6
proxies6
kubectl6
mongodb5
security5
kubernetes5
consul4
service-mesh4
nodejs4
golang4
api-management4
circuit-breaker3
kafka3
nomad3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
RossWhitehead/order-processing
Oct 2018 - Dec 2019
Choreographed order processing system using microservices and kafka
Contributions:12 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
kafkamicroservicesmicroservicemongodbmongoose
RossWhitehead/aws-notes
Jul 2021 - Sep 2024
Contributions:107 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 3 years 2 months
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