Russell Jacobs

Russell Jacobs has worked in a variety of roles since 2013. Russell's first role was as a Junior Java Developer at Credit Suisse, followed by a Desktop Services Engineer and Trade Floor, Executive and Desktop Support Analyst. In 2016, they moved to Pay4 (UK) Limited as a Java Developer. In 2018, they joined Ladbrokes Coral as a Tech Lead and Senior Java Developer. In 2020, they moved to Tide as a Senior Java Engineer, and in 2021 they began working as a Senior Software Engineer at Beacon.

Russell Jacobs attended Durham University from 2009 to 2013, where they earned a MEng in New and Renewable Energy Engineering. Prior to that, they attended Wilson's School from 2002 to 2009, studying Mathematics, Physics and Economics. Russell has also obtained several certifications, including Java SE 8 Programmer II from Oracle in August 2018, Java SE 8 Programmer I from Oracle in December 2016, C100DEV: MongoDB Certified Developer Associate Exam from MongoDB, Inc. in January 2016, ITIL CSI from AXELOS Global Best Practice in December 2014, ITIL Service Operation from AXELOS Global Best Practice in September 2014, ITIL Foundation from AXELOS Global Best Practice in July 2014, KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate from The Linux Foundation in September 2022, and HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002) from HashiCorp in December 2022.