Summary
Steve Woodcock is a senior technical architect with 25 years in software engineering and 18 years of hands-on platform building, specializing in low-latency, large-scale messaging and trading systems for investment banking and telecoms. He led the design and implementation of core Java middleware for UBS’s Neo platform and currently architects a greenfield, real-time cross-product collateral margin platform at HSBC using Java, Coherence, WebSockets and MQ. A pragmatic advocate for simplicity and aesthetic design, he originated the microservices approach used at UBS and has a history of contributing to JBoss distributed cache work and open-source Java projects. His experience spans grid computing, multi-protocol integration (multicast, bespoke TCP, RTMP, 29West) and coordinating delivery across multiple countries and data centres. Based in London with a Computer Science background from Aston University, he combines deep technical craftsmanship with a track record of shaping platform architecture on £10M+ initiatives. An unexpected thread through his career is a willingness to ship small consumer-facing projects too, including iPhone app work and several open-source utilities.
25 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Aston University