Jamie Gould

I believe technology creates the greatest value when it simplifies complexity. Throughout my career I have focused on understanding how organisations operate, identifying opportunities for improvement and delivering software, automation and data solutions that create measurable business value. Whether modernising enterprise data platforms, improving reporting or building AI-powered products, my goal remains the same: deliver practical, maintainable technology that enables better decisions.

Lead Data

Engineer, Software Engineer and Product Engineer with more than 20 years of experience delivering enterprise data engineering, software development, business intelligence and intelligent automation solutions across social housing, finance, legal and commercial property. Currently the sole Data Engineer at Community Housing, responsible for developing enterprise data engineering capability through SQL Server development, ETL architecture, reporting and stakeholder-led solution delivery. Alongside my enterprise career, I founded Uprise Studios to design and build privacy-first software products, extending my expertise in product engineering, software architecture and AI integration.

Trusted by business leaders to translate complex operational challenges into practical, scalable technology solutions that improve data, systems and decision making.

Data Engineer at Community Housing (Present)

Recruited as the organisation's sole Data Engineer to establish and evolve enterprise data engineering capabilities across a leading social housing provider.

• Lead the organisation's enterprise data engineering capability as the sole Data Engineer.
• Design and optimise SQL Server databases and enterprise reporting.
• Develop ETL processes improving data quality and reliability.
• Deliver data cleansing and remediation initiatives.
• Optimise SQL Server performance.
• Design new data hierarchies.
• Partner with senior stakeholders.
• Resolve complex enterprise data issues.

Financial Systems Specialist at Marks & Clerk

Enhanced enterprise finance systems, reporting and business process automation.

• Designed and developed a bespoke C# web application with a SQL Server backend reducing a finance payment process from approximately six hours to less than one minute.
• Enhanced SQL Server reporting solutions.
• Delivered automation initiatives.
• Partnered with Finance stakeholders.
• Supported enterprise finance systems through C# and SQL Server.
• Resolved reporting and data issues.
• Improved finance technology processes.

Senior Systems & Data Analyst at Avison Young

Progressed into a trusted technical leadership role within Finance, leading enterprise reporting, systems improvement and automation across a major commercial property consultancy.

• Led a multidisciplinary team of five direct reports: two Data Analysts, two Database Managers and one Junior Database Manager.
• Served as the trusted technical contact for enterprise reporting, finance systems and automation.
• Delivered SQL Server reporting supporting approximately 120 internal users and 50+ external clients.
• Supported a commercial property portfolio exceeding 50,000 properties, including Royal Bank of Scotland and MBNL.
• Designed automation solutions that reduced manual business processes from days to minutes.
• Partnered with Finance leadership to identify improvements and deliver scalable technical solutions.

Founder & Lead Product Engineer at Uprise Studios (Present)

Founded Uprise Studios to design and build privacy-first software products combining modern software engineering, artificial intelligence and thoughtful product design.

• Designed and developed products across productivity, wellbeing, finance and AI-assisted applications.
• Architected end-to-end solutions spanning mobile applications, APIs, databases and AI integrations.
• Built maintainable, scalable software architectures supporting rapid product iteration.
• Integrated AI into practical products with a strong emphasis on privacy, usability and real-world value.
• Managed the complete product lifecycle from concept and architecture through development, testing and release.