Summary
Steve Rose is a Senior Software Engineer and Agile Technical Lead with 11 years of experience delivering large-scale digital transformation programmes across UK government, notably HMRC and HM Passport Office. He specialises in building secure, cloud-native platforms and has designed and delivered 40+ microservices, high-availability APIs, and robust DevOps pipelines using Java, Spring, AWS, Kubernetes and PostgreSQL. Steve combines hands-on engineering—migrating legacy MongoDB/Dropwizard systems to Spring Boot ecosystems—with pragmatic technical leadership in high-compliance environments. He excels at guiding cross-functional teams through concept-to-live service delivery, aligning architecture with policy and operational constraints. Open to Agile Technical Lead and Engineering Lead contracts, he brings a rare blend of delivery-focused pragmatism and deep integration architecture experience tailored to public sector demands. An oft-overlooked strength is his track record of enabling payments and notification integrations at scale, improving reliability in citizen-facing services.
11 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Holmfirth High School