Richard King
About Richard King
Richard King is a Full Stack Software Engineer at Mastek in Reading, England, with extensive experience in software development and previous roles at homehere.co, Alcumus, and Biotecnics in Cardiff, Wales.
Title
Richard King is currently employed as a Full Stack Software Engineer.
Company
Richard King currently works for Mastek in Reading, England, United Kingdom.
Previous Positions
Previously, Richard King held several roles including Senior Software Engineer at homehere.co in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (2018-2021), Lead Software Developer at Alcumus for 2 months in 2018 in Cardiff, Wales, Senior Software Developer at Biotecnics (2017-2018), Software Developer at Oxford University Press for 1 month in 2017, Senior Java Developer at Spirent Epitiro (2016-2017), CEO and Lead Developer at UAB Neldris (2014-2015) in Kaunas, Lithuania, Lead Developer at Pandra Mobile and Pandra (2012-2014) in Moscow, Russian Federation, and Security Analyst/Senior Developer as a self-employed professional (2013-2014).
Education and Expertise
Richard King completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) degree in Computer Software Engineering from Tambov State Technical University (2008-2011). He also studied Computer Engineering at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd (1999-2001).
Achievements
Richard King participated in the development of the Qiwi Outlet Payment System. Specifically, he developed a multi-threaded server capable of handling over 500,000 concurrent users, implemented a user interface prioritizing usability and security, designed a back-end system with three levels of administration privileges, and set up mainframe server hardware. He used C++ (BOOST libraries and Qt UI) for these projects and completed a 3-software development cycle within 6 months using agile technology. His efforts saved the company 12K by awarding the contract to UAB Neldris.