Andrew Schofield
Software Engineer at Confluent
Greater Southampton Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAndrew Schofield is a software engineer and Apache Kafka committer with nine years of recent experience and a long career in messaging, event-streaming, and transaction processing. Currently at Confluent, he has previously held chief architect roles at IBM where he led hybrid cloud messaging, event streams, IoT and automation foundation efforts, translating enterprise requirements into cloud-native, highly available systems. He specializes in event-driven architectures, Kafka, Kubernetes operators, IBM MQ, MQTT, XA transaction processing and formal methods, with a track record of delivering cross-functional teams to tight schedules. His open-source contributions include adding robust Kafka Connect logical type tests to the flagship apache/kafka repository, reflecting a practical focus on data correctness in streaming systems. Based in the Greater Southampton area, he pairs deep protocol and middleware expertise with a Masters in Software Engineering from Oxford. An understated strength is his ability to bridge systems of record and engagement, turning complex integration challenges into operational messaging services.
10 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Software Engineering, Master’s Degree Software Engineering at University of OxfordBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of Bristol
English, French, Japanese, Spanish
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Github Skills (7)
javas10
kafka-connect10
data-conversion10
java10
testing10
iso9
optimization6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
apache/kafka
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Apache Kafka - A distributed event streaming platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1563 reviews, 1 commit, 415 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Andrew's commits primarily focused on the implementation of new tests for Kafka Connect logical types. They added test cases for various logical types, including Boolean, Time, Date, and Timestamp conversions. Additionally, the user addressed minor fixes and code corrections. The changes involve modifications to Java files within the connect/api directory, specifically focusing on data conversion and validation.
apache-kafkascalakafkajavastreaming
ibm-messaging/kafka-connect-mq-source
Aug 2017 - Nov 2020
This repository contains a Kafka Connect source connector for copying data from IBM MQ into Apache Kafka.
Contributions:7 releases, 2 reviews, 68 commits in 3 years 3 months
apache-kafkaibm-mqkafka-connectmq
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