I am a senior C# contract developer with over 25 years experience delivering robust, scalable, cloud-hosted APIs for gaming, finance, insurance, and pharmaceuticals. I excel at architecting high-performance .NET Core services, integrating data stores, messaging, and secure front-ends, while collaborating effectively with offshore and distributed teams and onboarding quickly into new projects to earn stakeholder trust. I enjoy turning complex requirements into reliable, production-ready systems, championing operational resilience and applying modern patterns (event-driven architectures, microservices, AI-assisted interfaces) to drive business value.

Mike Scott

I am a senior C# contract developer with over 25 years experience delivering robust, scalable, cloud-hosted APIs for gaming, finance, insurance, and pharmaceuticals. I excel at architecting high-performance .NET Core services, integrating data stores, messaging, and secure front-ends, while collaborating effectively with offshore and distributed teams and onboarding quickly into new projects to earn stakeholder trust. I enjoy turning complex requirements into reliable, production-ready systems, championing operational resilience and applying modern patterns (event-driven architectures, microservices, AI-assisted interfaces) to drive business value.

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I am a senior C# contract developer with over 25 years experience delivering robust, scalable, cloud-hosted APIs for gaming, finance, insurance, and pharmaceuticals. I excel at architecting high-performance .NET Core services, integrating data stores, messaging, and secure front-ends, while collaborating effectively with offshore and distributed teams and onboarding quickly into new projects to earn stakeholder trust.

I enjoy turning complex requirements into reliable, production-ready systems, championing operational resilience and applying modern patterns (event-driven architectures, microservices, AI-assisted interfaces) to drive business value.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior Contract .NET Developer at Pathway Digital Products
October 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Designed and delivered core platform functionality for an early-stage ESPR startup. Built Azure-hosted .NET Core APIs using C# and Entity Framework to manage Digital Product Passports with manufacturing, compliance and lifecycle data. Implemented Hedera-based traceability for immutable transaction history and full auditability. Created an AI-driven query interface via Microsoft Extensions AI, ChatGPT and Azure AI Foundry to allow natural-language product passport searches. Developed a secure Blazor Server frontend integrated with Microsoft Identity, enabling the CEO to showcase the product to potential customers.
Senior Contract.NET Developer at Entain Group (Sports Gaming)
July 1, 2022 - October 1, 2025
Led design of resilient, high-performance .NET Core APIs on a new trading platform supporting live Horse and Greyhound racing bets. Built event-driven microservices in C# with Confluent Kafka to process fixtures and bet lifecycle events, with high-volume transactional data stored in SQL Server. Contributed to architectural decisions for scalability and fault tolerance, and collaborated with offshore teams to ensure consistent delivery.
Contract .NET and Angular Developer at Cognizant Technology Solutions
November 1, 2021 - July 1, 2022
Contract .NET and Angular Developer supporting a long-running Royal London programme. Proactively onboarded and resolved front- and back-end defects, prioritising stakeholder needs and delivering stabilising features in Angular and .NET. Coordinated with offshore teams to achieve timely delivery and product stability.
Contract .NET Developer at Bet365
January 1, 2019 - December 1, 2021
Developed high-performance .NET Core APIs and WPF applications for US sports trading, including fixture lifecycle management from creation to bet settlement. Worked in a performance-critical, low-latency environment with high availability requirements.
Contract .NET Developer at MBNA
April 1, 2016 - December 1, 2018
Migrated customer account management processes to a compliant, auditable batch-processing system. Quickly onboarded as the go-to expert for the batch system and collaborated with Business Analysts to map processes into the new platform.
Contract .NET Developer at Sigma Consulting Solutions Ltd (now Nexer Digital)
May 1, 2011 - February 1, 2016
Engaged primarily to deliver a range of projects at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals as part of an ongoing support and maintenance contract using C# and vb.net to Service Level Agreements. By working collaboratively with key scientists within AstraZeneca became lead developer for several chemistry heavy applications. Working proactively with a can-do attitude, delivered several additional projects, including a branded Sharepoint solution.

Education

BSc (Hons) Information Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University
September 1, 1989 - May 1, 1993

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Industry Experience

Gaming, Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment