Senior Software & Production Engineer with 8+ years building high-reliability systems for finance and SaaS. Specialised in Python/Django, backend infrastructure and automated operations.

About

Senior Software & Production Engineer with 8+ years building high-reliability systems for finance and SaaS. Specialised in Python/Django, backend infrastructure and automated operations. Available for remote contract roles.

  • 6 years' experience
  • Joined October 2025

Languages

  • EnglishFluent

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services
  • Government
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Financial Services

Work experience· 5 roles

Software Engineer / Co-Founder · Delivery Insights PlatformJan 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Co-founded a SaaS analytics platform providing delivery performance insights for software teams. Designed and optimized the data layer and Django ORM performance. Implemented Jira integration; built time-series aggregation and reporting APIs (DRF). Managed full-stack deployment (Heroku, Postgres, Sentry, Grafana) and CI/CD automation.

VP, Production Engineering · Goldman SachsDec 2019 – Feb 2023 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Led automated deployment and configuration systems for electronic and algorithmic trading platforms, reducing manual effort and risk. Served as the de facto technical lead for process improvement—driving documentation standards and coaching across teams. Owned incident response and post-mortem follow-ups for production outages. Designed health monitoring and telemetry for 3rd-party APIs; unified monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, and health probes. Defined SLOs/SLIs and built automated testing and connectivity improvements for co-located infrastructure. Contributed to regulatory automation pipelines.

Software Developer · FidessaNov 2019 – Nov 2019 · 1 mo

Developed components for internal trade-matching and order-handling systems. Gained expertise in equities, derivatives and the FIX protocol. Delivered automation and presented technical solutions across engineering teams.

Software Developer · Pebble Beach SystemsOct 2017 – Oct 2017 · 1 mo
Placement Software Engineer · Dstl (UK Defence)Sep 2013 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr

Education

BSc (Hons) Software Engineering · Southampton Solent University2011 – 2015

Hire Adam Guy today

Post a job and invite Adam, or contact them directly. No hidden commission.

Post a job