About

Paul Birnie is a highly experienced and skilled software development professional with over 20 years of experience in the field. He has spent 7 years working in Tier 1 investment banks and has also built and run high traffic/big data web systems such as answers.yahoo.com and search.yahoo.com. His areas of expertise include big data, software architecture, software process, software development, devops, brainstorming ideas, networking, and connecting people. Paul is a Principal Consultant at Jump Not Zero Software, where he serves as a trusted advisor and team lead. He has a keen interest in big data, agile software processes, and self-testing code. In his current role, he leverages his extensive experience and expertise to help clients build and deploy complex software solutions. Prior to joining Jump Not Zero Software, Paul worked as a consultant at GFT Group, where he focused on software development in the big data area of financial services. He also served as a search architect at Yahoo! Europe, where he was involved with engineers across five different projects, focusing on understanding existing architecture, architecture validation, and encouraging standardization of tools, platforms, and coding standards. Paul's education includes a Bsc in Electronic Engineering from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, as well as attendance at St Stithians College. He is skilled in a wide range of technologies, including Big Data, Spark, Elastic Search, AWS, Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, DevOps, ETL, test, search, web, Hadoop, Python, Ansible, Microservices, Integration, Scala, and Java. With 31.11 years of relevant experience, Paul Birnie is a highly skilled and knowledgeable software development professional with a proven track record of success. He is passionate about his work and committed to helping clients achieve their goals through the development and deployment of innovative software solutions.