Sulaiman Rafiq
Director Of Architecture at Cox Automotive Europe
Burnley, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSulaiman Rafiq is a seasoned software architect and engineering leader with 14 years of experience designing and delivering mission-critical, high-performance systems across finance, automotive, and consumer domains. Currently Director of Architecture at Cox Automotive Europe, he has progressed through senior architecture and delivery roles at Slalom Build, MoneySuperMarket, and Thales, blending hands-on engineering with strategic oversight. He champions clean code, design patterns, and TDD/BDD practices while thriving in lean, agile teams to turn complex requirements into reliable production systems. With a background in mathematics, computer science, and bio-informatics from the University of Manchester, he brings analytical rigor to architecture decisions and an appetite for continuous learning that informs both technical direction and team coaching. An early mobile-app contributor on National Rail projects, he pairs deep Java/JavaEE expertise with modern delivery practices to reduce risk and accelerate value.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Merit Bio-informatics MSc, Merit Bio-informatics MSc at The University of Manchester
Pashto, EnglishGithub contributions (2)
ntisservices/ntis-java-web-services-Release2.5
May 2012 - Jun 2012
Contributions:16 commits in 1 month
ntisservices/ntis-dotnet-web-services-Release2.5
May 2012 - May 2012
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
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