I am a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable backend platforms, distributed systems, real-time services, and cloud-native web applications across financial services, technology consulting, healthcare, and enterprise software domains. I optimize APIs and databases, craft responsive user interfaces, and deliver reliable software using Azure, AWS, Kafka, WebSockets, and CI/CD. I enjoy mentoring teams, modernizing legacy systems, and collaborating with cross-functional partners to ship secure, maintainable software. I have a proven track record of designing high-performance APIs, optimizing database workloads, and delivering production-ready solutions. I thrive in cross-functional environments and am passionate about improving engineering practices, mentoring developers, and driving modern architecture patterns across frontend and backend ecosystems.

George Scholfield

I am a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable backend platforms, distributed systems, real-time services, and cloud-native web applications across financial services, technology consulting, healthcare, and enterprise software domains. I optimize APIs and databases, craft responsive user interfaces, and deliver reliable software using Azure, AWS, Kafka, WebSockets, and CI/CD. I enjoy mentoring teams, modernizing legacy systems, and collaborating with cross-functional partners to ship secure, maintainable software. I have a proven track record of designing high-performance APIs, optimizing database workloads, and delivering production-ready solutions. I thrive in cross-functional environments and am passionate about improving engineering practices, mentoring developers, and driving modern architecture patterns across frontend and backend ecosystems.

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I am a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable backend platforms, distributed systems, real-time services, and cloud-native web applications across financial services, technology consulting, healthcare, and enterprise software domains. I optimize APIs and databases, craft responsive user interfaces, and deliver reliable software using Azure, AWS, Kafka, WebSockets, and CI/CD. I enjoy mentoring teams, modernizing legacy systems, and collaborating with cross-functional partners to ship secure, maintainable software.

I have a proven track record of designing high-performance APIs, optimizing database workloads, and delivering production-ready solutions. I thrive in cross-functional environments and am passionate about improving engineering practices, mentoring developers, and driving modern architecture patterns across frontend and backend ecosystems.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at CME Group
June 1, 2024 - May 1, 2026
Architected and maintained scalable backend services using C#, .NET 9, ASP.NET Core MVC, and RESTful APIs; improved application performance and reduced page load time by 40%. Built responsive frontend features with React and TypeScript, and led migration from Angular to React to improve modularity and productivity. Designed PostgreSQL data access with EF Core, LINQ, optimized SQL queries, and indexing. Implemented real-time services with WebSockets and event-driven patterns for 20,000+ user interactions and 10,000+ concurrent users. Integrated messaging/streaming with Apache Kafka, Azure Event Bus, and WebSockets to improve responsiveness and asynchronous processing. Created data-pipeline adapters with C#, EF, and Azure Blob Storage; built GraphQL and REST API integrations; deployed on Azure with monitoring. Implemented CI/CD via Azure DevOps; mentored a team of five developers.
Senior Full Stack Engineer at TechBlocks
March 1, 2022 - February 1, 2024
Developed and maintained enterprise backend APIs and middleware using C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API, and microservices; improved system response time by 25%. Enhanced Angular/TypeScript front-end modules for enterprise web apps. Built scalable API integrations for third-party systems with authentication and structured error handling. Optimized MSSQL schemas, stored procedures, indexes, and query execution for reporting and transactional workflows. Implemented event-driven real-time processing with .NET, NestJS, Kafka; built AWS Lambda/RDS serverless workloads. Contributed to analytics platforms with React, D3.js, Three.js, Node.js, Python, Django, and AWS Lambda. Implemented micro-frontend architecture and supported Azure landing zone alignment.
Full Stack Developer at Aviva Health
October 1, 2018 - November 1, 2021
Developed and maintained ASP.NET and .NET Core backend services for reservation systems, document verification workflows, and online notarization. Integrated Azure Cognitive Services for AI-driven document and user verification. Designed and maintained SQL Server databases across 100+ tables; wrote stored procedures, triggers, views, and optimized queries. Created 200+ reusable React components and translated 70+ Figma designs into pixel-perfect, responsive pages. Built WinForms applications and used AI-driven verification to improve notarization efficiency; contributed to full SDLC with QA/testing and production support.
Web Developer at HCL Tech
July 1, 2016 - June 1, 2018
Developed and maintained enterprise web applications using ASP.NET, C#, Web Forms; built 100+ React components; created WinForms applications. Implemented Azure Cognitive Services for AI-driven document verification; optimized SEO, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility. Participated in full SDLC, created ER diagrams, and documented key system areas to improve maintainability.

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science at University of Manchester
September 1, 2013 - June 1, 2016

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Professional Services, Healthcare, Software & Internet