Stephen Goddard
Java Developer at Valuation Office Agency
Greater Portsmouth Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Goddard is a pragmatic Java/Scala developer and team lead with over a decade of experience delivering and supporting business-critical, customer-facing systems for UK government agencies. He currently leads a team at the Valuation Office Agency, improving resilience and functionality of VOA systems through agile practices and CI/CD pipelines. Skilled across Java/J2EE, Scala, Spring, RESTful APIs, XML/XSLT and test automation (Cucumber, Selenium, HTTP client), he balances hands-on development with BAU support and operational monitoring. His background includes building response management microservices and an XML-to-HTML framework integrating with Tridion CMS, showing both backend and integration expertise. Known for clear documentation, strong communication and rapid adaptation to shifting priorities, he combines technical breadth with reliability and integrity. An early career in graphic design and ministry gives him unusual strengths in user-focused communication and stakeholder engagement.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Web Application Development, Computer Software Engineering, Certificate in Web Application Development, Computer Software Engineering at The Open UniversityCity & Guild certificate in Application Programming, Computer Programming, Credit, City & Guild certificate in Application Programming, Computer Programming, Credit at Computeach, Distance LearningB.D. Hons, Theology/Theological Studies, 2.2, B.D. Hons, Theology/Theological Studies, 2.2 at South Wales Baptist College
Github Skills (10)
java6
spring-boot6
testing5
survey5
microservices3
exports2
python1
nlp1
prometheus1
golang1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ONSdigital/rm-integration-tests
Feb 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:190 commits, 172 pushes, 1 tag in 8 months
testingintegration-testsresponse-management
ONSdigital/rm-sample-service
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
This microservice manages the survey sample.
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes in 2 months
govspring-bootmicroservicesjavasurvey
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