RICHARD GOSNAY

Staff Software Engineer • Distributed Systems • Event-Driven Architecture
Family man • Karaoke enthusiast • Loves live music

SUMMARY

Staff Software Engineer at FDJ United (formerly Kindred Sportsbook), with 20+ years spanning infrastructure, operations, and software engineering. I work on event-driven systems in Node.js and TypeScript — distributed services and high-throughput pipelines across the global Sportsbook domain. I came up through infra and ops, then moved into engineering over seven years at Kindred, from application support to staff. That path still shapes how I design systems that have to run in production, not just look good on a diagram.

HIGHLIGHTED WORK

Development Platform Testing (DPT) Platform
Kubernetes • JMeter • Kafka • Node.js • Elasticsearch
  • Designed a DPT platform for high-volume API and service-side benchmarking.
  • Orchestrated distributed JMeter nodes in Kubernetes with a Node.js control plane.
  • Kafka traffic mirroring and synthetic events; results indexed in Elasticsearch with a UI for insight.
Late Bet Identification System
Risk mitigation • Reconciliation • UI + alerting
  • Detected racing markets left open after event start, to stop in-play betting exposure.
  • Reconciled official start times with internal market timings to flag latency and feed anomalies.
  • UI and alerting for Trading/Risk; exposure previously measured in hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Multi‑Market Tenancy (CMS + Risk/Regulatory)
Brands • Regions • Compliance
  • Tenancy model so a single CMS can serve multiple brands and jurisdictions.
  • Region-specific price margins and risk configs to meet regulatory requirements.
  • Guardrails and workflows with Trading, Risk, and Regulatory.
Company Merger & System Integration
CPBigwood • Infrastructure • Data Migration
  • Led IT integration when Curry & Partners and Bigwood merged into CPBigwood — 185+ staff across 7 sites.
  • Kept operations running through data transfer and system consolidation.
  • Maintained and upgraded 12 servers: Windows Server, SQL, Oracle, Exchange, SharePoint, Terminal Services.
Multi-Site VoIP Implementation
CPBigwood • Telephony • Remote Work
  • VoIP across all 7 sites, with free site-to-site calls.
  • Remote work with in-office extensions and DDI portability.
  • SIP accounts for internet-based calling, which cut telephony costs.
Auction Management Database System
CPBigwood • Database Development • Business Systems
  • In-house auction database for lots worth thousands of pounds.
  • Invoice generation and account tracking in the same system.
  • Streamlined auction operations and financial tracking.
CMS with Integrated Accounting System
Gostech • 1st Class Mailing Ltd • Full-Stack Development
  • Full CMS with integrated accounting for 1st Class Mailing Ltd (Newcastle: photocopiers, printers, franking machines).
  • Runs day-to-day operations and tracks new and existing customers.
  • Content management and financial tracking in one place.

CORE SKILLS

Blue chips are the ones I use most.

Languages & runtime

Node.js TypeScript Express

Architecture

Event-driven Microservices High-throughput DDD Caching System Design REST APIs AI Integration

Platform & infra

Kubernetes Docker Helm GitLab CI Jenkins Kaniko AWS Linux Git Active Directory Networking IIS Nginx Lens

Data & streaming

Kafka Elasticsearch Prometheus Grafana Postgres Oracle DB MQTT

Frontend

React Next.js HTML/CSS Tailwind CSS

EXPERIENCE

FDJ United
April 2018 – Present
formerly Kindred Group Ltd
Staff Software Engineer

Gibraltar

Event-driven Sportsbook systems, performance engineering, and technical leadership across teams. Application support to staff over seven years.

Gostech Ltd
October 2015 – June 2018
Director

Gibraltar / Swanage

IT consultancy for SMEs: servers, networks, bespoke development, VoIP, backups, and support contracts.

Atos
March 2017 – June 2017
Team Lead (Contract)

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Led a team of 12 through a Windows 7 to Windows 10 migration across 600+ devices.

CPBigwood
June 2007 – November 2015
formerly Curry & Partners
IT Manager

Birmingham, United Kingdom

IT Manager through a merger that grew the firm from 40 to 185+ staff across 7 sites. Ran the estate, telephony, and in-house systems.

Discus Systems plc
June 2005 – June 2007
IT Technician

Coleshill, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Field engineer across the Midlands: Active Directory multi-site work and a data-cleansing/marketing database.

Worldwide Magazine Distribution
March 2000 – June 2004
IT Controller

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Day-to-day network operations. Relocated the company onto Active Directory, Exchange, and SQL, and built an in-house Access/VB database.

CONTACT

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