Dr Sam Walpole

Senior Software Engineer

Building secure, scalable systems with .NET and AWS. 6+ years leading critical projects from architecture through delivery, with domain experience in fintech processing over £500 million annually.

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About Me

Dr Sam Walpole - Senior Software Engineer
Remote - UK

Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience building secure, high-volume systems in .NET/C# and AWS. I specialise in serverless architecture, microservices, and cross-functional collaboration on complex platform integrations.

Proven track record leading critical projects from architecture through delivery, including platform integrations, third-party system migrations, and security compliance initiatives. Currently leading platform unification efforts at Blackbaud, with domain experience in fintech processing over £500 million annually.

6+
Years Experience
AWS
Certified Developer
PhD
Structural Biology

Experience

2022 - Present

Senior Software Engineer · Software Engineer

JustGiving (Blackbaud)

Senior (Jun 2024 - Present) · SWE (Apr 2022 - Jun 2024)

  • • Leading cross-platform integration project: designing architecture, building new microservices, and coordinating with cross-functional teams across multiple business units
  • • Delivered multiple third-party provider integrations, enabling new platform capabilities
  • • Led security compliance initiatives and platform migrations, collaborating with SREs and security teams to meet critical deadlines
  • • Mentoring frontend engineers to become fullstack proficient in .NET development
2019 - 2022

Cloud Developer · Junior Cloud Developer

Computer Service Centre

Cloud Dev (Jan 2020 - Apr 2022) · Junior (May 2019 - Jan 2020)

  • • Developed cloud-based ASP.NET web applications including offshore energy people-tracking system and client marketplace
  • • Designed and implemented websites using Umbraco CMS with Azure hosting
  • • Planned work using Agile methods and implemented CI/CD with Azure DevOps
  • • Wrote automated unit, integration, and E2E tests using xUnit/NUnit and Selenium frameworks

Skills

Languages & Frameworks

C# / .NET TypeScript SQL GraphQL

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS Lambda DynamoDB SQS/SNS EKS CloudFront Step Functions Azure Terraform Serverless Framework

Architecture & Systems

Microservices Event-Driven Architecture REST APIs Message Queues Kubernetes/EKS Docker

Data & Storage

SQL Server PostgreSQL DynamoDB Redis

Observability & DevOps

Grafana Logz.io CircleCI Infrastructure as Code

Development Practices

TDD CI/CD Agile/Scrum On-Call/Incident Response Technical Documentation Mentoring

AI-Assisted Development

Claude Code GitHub Copilot MCP Servers

Get in Touch

I'm always interested in hearing about new opportunities and collaborations. Feel free to reach out!

Email sam@samwalpole.com
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/swalpole
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