Richard Boulton

Director of Engineering

Great Shelford, England, United Kingdom26 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven leadership in engineering and technology teams.
  • Expertise in search technology and information retrieval.
  • Strong background in internet security and system scaling.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in technology and engineering, specializing in search technologies and system architecture.

Contact

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Skills

Other Skills

Open SourceJavaScriptPythonWeb DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesSearch Engine TechnologyLinuxWeb ApplicationsGitSoftware EngineeringSearch Engines

About

Interested in using technology and building diverse teams to solve real problems and make the world a better place. Experienced in many technology areas, including internet security, scaling systems, HTTP protocols, search technology and information retrieval.

Experience

26 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Cloudflare

2 roles

Director, Engineering

Promoted

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Engineering Manager

Feb 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

Government digital service

2 roles

Head of Backend Development

Promoted

Oct 2015 – Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos · London

Developer

Jan 2014 – Feb 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · London

Lumi

Developer

Nov 2011 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Celestial navigation ltd

Owner

Nov 2009 – Oct 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

Lemur consulting

Owner

Aug 2001 – Oct 2009 · 8 yrs 2 mos

  • Performed consultancy and development services based on Xapian and other open and closed source search technologies for a wide variety of customers.

Brightstation plc

Software Engineer

Sep 1999 – Apr 2001 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Led the team developing the "next generation" open source search engine which was called "Open Muscat" at the time, and is now known as Xapian.

Muscat ltd

Software Engineer

Oct 1997 – Aug 1998 · 10 mos

  • Customer facing consultancy, and development of new search engine product.

Education

University of Cambridge

Diploma — Computer Science

Jan 1998 – Jan 1999

University of Cambridge

MA — Mathematics

Jan 1994 – Jan 1997

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