Joel Turner

Joel Turner is a highly experienced technology professional based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. He is the Founder, Lead Backend Engineer, DevOps, and Architect at devfair, a role he held from November 2019 to February 2022.1 In this position, he was responsible for:

1. Creating the devfair CI/CD Pipeline in GitLab-CI through to AWS
2. Architecting backend microservices infrastructure in AWS Fargate
3. Securing all microservices
4. Integrating with various AWS services and third-party platforms

Currently, Joel Turner serves as the Chief Technical Officer at Test Driven Solutions Ltd., a position he has held since February 2022.1

Career Highlights

Technical Expertise::

• Proficient in Kotlin, Java, and Scala
• Experienced with Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud technologies
• Skilled in DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines

Previous Roles::

• Contract Developer at Citi (August 2021 - February 2022)
• Contract Developer at Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) (March 2018 - November 2019)
• Contract Scala Developer at Morgan Stanley (August 2017 - March 2018)

Achievements

Throughout his career, Joel has contributed to various significant projects:

• Helped Citi achieve cross-project application security
• Assisted the DWP in serving internal consumers with real-time income information
• Contributed to Morgan Stanley's compliance with MIFID II regulations
• Helped bring to market the new Neon web application at JHC SYSTEMS LIMITED

Joel Turner's LinkedIn profile demonstrates his extensive experience in software development, architecture, and DevOps, making him a versatile and skilled technology leader.1