Jessica Brentnall is a director-level software architect and engineering leader with over a decade of experience guiding large-scale platform strategy, migrations, compliance (including PCI DSS v4) and organisational change across regulated and high-availability systems. She has led architectural decision-making affecting 48–52 engineering teams, run cross-discipline architecture programs, and managed governance and audit remediation at enterprise scale. As an independent consultant and former Head of Architecture, she balances hands-on technical design with people development—mentoring architects, shaping career pathways, and building processes that make architectural work auditable and aligned to product roadmaps. A five-time Microsoft MVP and former .NET Foundation board member, she combines deep .NET/AWS technical chops with an appetite for community building (co-founding DDD East Midlands). Notably, she repeatedly coordinates complex migrations and governance across dozens of teams, turning regulatory and operational constraints into pragmatic, future-proof platform roadmaps.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Master of Science (MSc), Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging at University of Nottingham
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at University of Birmingham
Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology at University of Plymouth
Contributions:52 reviews, 100 PRs, 186 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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