Darrell Russell

Senior Engineer at Finova

Tetbury, England, United Kingdom

About

A Software Engineer with over 15 years development experience. Always trying to understand the Developers Condition. Never really satisfied with standing still. Tests allow refactoring. Refactoring allows better application architecture. Better application architecture allows easier changes. Change is what the customer wants. Contracted in the past but now happy working as a Permanent Senior Developer at Finova in Cheltenham. An experienced Microsoft .NET software developer specialising in C#, VB.NET, SQL Server Databases, ASP/ASP.NET web sites, XML, Web Services, WinForms, WCF and WFF development and consultancy work. Based in the South West of the UK (Tetbury, Gloucestershire) and covering South Wales, the M4 corridor, Gloucestershire, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Somerset including Bath, Bristol, Swindon, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Salisbury. Specialities: Web Development, .NET, Databases, API, TDD, Automated Testing

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer at Finova
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Iress (10 yrs 10 mos)
    • Senior Engineer
      Jan 2018 - Aug 2024 · 6 yrs 8 mos

    • Development Team Leader
      Nov 2013 - Jan 2018 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Iress bought Avelo from it's previous private equity owners in 2013. Avelo become Iress UK. I continued with my Team Leader responsibilities, working with 6-10 Developers.

  • Avelo (Cheltenham)
    • Development Team Leader
      Nov 2012 - Nov 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Line Management and Team Leadership duties for 10 Developers

    • Senior Developer
      May 2011 - Nov 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Senior Developer in a large, professional financial systems and information provider. Using the following technologies: - SOA, - jQuery - MVC ASP.NET, - C#, - SQL Server, and - WCF. Particularly interested in Agile Development. Creating testable code allows safe refactoring. Refactoring allows good Application Architecture. Good Application Architecture allows easier changes to a systems requirements. Speedier changes to requirements is what customers want.

  • Senior Software Engineer at Linac Limited
    Jul 2009 - May 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Developer at Tiered Solutions
    Jan 2000 - Nov 2009 · 9 yrs 11 mos

    Web Site Hosting Website Development (HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, PHP, mySQL, ASP, ASP.NET) Generic Online Catalogue with Online Administration.