Dhruv Patel
Lead Developer (Contract Via DXW) at Ministry of Justice UK
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDhruv Patel is a Tech Lead and seasoned backend engineer with over 18 years of hands-on Java expertise and a recent focus on Kotlin, delivering systems across banking, insurance, telecoms, government and compliance. He has a strong track record of contracting into major UK organisations (MoJ, HMRC, HSBC, Marks & Spencer) where he blends pragmatic architecture with delivery in agile teams. Known for quickly adopting emerging technologies, he moves projects from legacy Java stacks to modern Kotlin-based solutions while retaining operational resilience. His Imperial College London computing background underpins a disciplined approach to engineering and problem-solving. Based in Stony Stratford, he combines deep enterprise experience with consultancy agility, often stepping into roles that demand both coding and technical leadership.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Watford Grammar School for BoysBachelor's Degree Computing, Bachelor's Degree Computing at Imperial College London
Github Skills (15)
cloud-platform9
api8
integrate8
go7
frontend6
aws6
civil-service4
documentation4
moj-cloud-platform4
expressjs4
endpoint-security3
terraform3
nodejs3
integrations2
playwright2
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dhruvpatel20/hmpps-community-payback-api
Jan 2026 - Jun 2026
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
hmcts/probate-spring-boot-template
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
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