Nathan Murados

Associate architect and principle engineer of XPS Aurora, an award-winning Azure based pensions platform used by many of the UK’s largest pension schemes.

Achievements:

Designed and delivered the majority of Aurora’s front-end and workflow architecture, including the CQRS-based event-driven engine powering joiners, leavers, retirements, transfers, divorces, deaths, trivial commutation and payroll ingestion cycles. Architected and implemented:

• A web based fully sandboxed C# compilation environment allowing actuaries to write version-controlled, auditable business rules inc. branching, diffing, validation and controlled promotion to production
• Payroll ingestion, bulk onboarding, legacy data migration tooling and GDPR-safe transformation layers for employer data feeds
• Performance and operational layers including queue tuning, caching, parallelisation, alerting and automated document generation (statements, benefit quotes, statutory letters, etc.)
• Worked directly with actuaries, scheme managers and senior (including C suite) stakeholders to translate regulatory and operational requirements into high quality, award winning, scalable and maintainable systems.
• Built up and recruited in-house permanent technical team

Technologies used:

• .NET 8
• .NET 9
• ASP .NET Core
• Azure
• Blazor
• Bootstrap
• C# 13
• CQRS
• DDD
• Entity Framework
• Git
• HTML5 / CSS3
• MediatR
• MudBlazor
• Nunit
• Rapid Development
• SQL Server
• XP

Assisted in the architectural design of the digital platform for the £1.5 billion Green Homes Grant Scheme (sole BEIS-approved agent).

• Worked directly with C-level executives and government ministerial representatives throughout the programme
• Assisted in the architectural design and implementation of the Vue/.NET Core front-end framework that processed voucher applications and installer workflows
• Delivered updates and greenfield components on the live system handling the scheme’s ~78,000 vouchers and ~47,500 installations

Technologies used:

• .NET Core 3.1
• .NET Core 5
• Azure
• C# 8
• C# 9
• Entity Framework Core
• HTML5 / CSS3
• JavaScript
• REST APIs
• SQL Server
• Vue.js

Independent .NET consultancy (private limited company) used for freelance and direct-to-client contracts.

• Delivered bespoke .NET/Blazor solutions including custom CMS platforms, software development productivity tools and highly performant web-based visualisation tools
• Built internal workflow and diagnostic tools (Vue/.NET Core) to support rapid prototyping and agile coaching engagements
• Provided architectural and mentoring support on software development practices, XP, RAD and Blazor adoption for several remote client teams

Technologies used:

• .NET 8
• .NET 9
• .NET Core
• Azure
• Blazor
• C#
• HTML5 / CSS3
• JavaScript
• RAD
• Vue.js
• XP

Responsible for the WPF/ReactiveUI front-end of flagship industrial food-sorting machines.

Achievements:

Product recognised and awarded by the annual Japan Food Journal Awards.

• Developed and helped design the UI for software powering a flagship industrial food-sorting machine (C#.NET, WPF, ReactiveUI)
• Mentored C++ developers in C#.NET and introduced SOLID, Domain-Driven Design and XP practices across the team
• Organised pair- and mob-programming sessions and taught Test-Driven Development to improve code quality, maintainability and team communication
• Supported team growth by refining practices and assisting with interviews (helped hire three additional developers)
• Addressed cultural and technical blockers, including “fear of failure”, using straightforward, practical approaches

Technologies used:

• .NET Framework
• C#
• DDD
• Mob Programming
• Pair Programming
• ReactiveUI
• SOLID
• TDD
• WPF
• XAML
• XP

Senior and lead .NET / Angular developer roles on multi-million-pound projects, delivering bank portals, mortgage-processing back-ends, N3 network integration systems, inventory systems, general leadership and high quality, award winning results.

Achievements:

Worked with many prestigious clients including Oliver Wyman, Draw Group, Landmark Information Group, Achilles Group, National Australia Bank, Groupama Banque, Shell, Nestle, The NHS and others.

Technologies used:

• .NET Framework
• Angular
• AngularJS
• ASP.NET
• C#
• Entity Framework
• HTML5 / CSS3
• IIS
• JavaScript
• MVC
• SQL Server
• SVN
• TFS
• WCF
• Web Forms