Curriculum Vitae · London, UK

John Thompson Technical Analyst

Loc.London, United Kingdom
Mailjohn@johnapthompson.com
Tel.+44 7983 110321
Inlinkedin/japthompson7

Technical Analyst with extensive experience managing high-scale partner integrations and complex back-end architectures. Adept at driving backlog prioritisation, translating business needs into strict technical contracts — APIs and schemas — and mitigating delivery risk across engineering teams. Proven track record of collaborating with Solution Architects and global partners like Apple, Google and Amazon to deliver robust streaming experiences to customers.

Sky Group/Technical Analyst

  • Own backlog prioritisation and lead sprint planning sessions for a cross-functional back-end engineering team.
  • Translate complex business requirements into clear, structured Epics and user stories in Jira and GitHub Projects to align technical execution with the product roadmap.
  • Author comprehensive Acceptance Criteria using Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) and Gherkin syntax, ensuring a unified understanding across business stakeholders, developers, and QA.
  • Produce in-depth technical documentation for back-end components — sequence diagrams, system data mappings, and Kafka schemas — to streamline onboarding and accelerate feature delivery.
  • Map and manage dependency chains across multiple engineering teams, setting up automated workflows in GitHub Projects to increase architectural visibility and track cross-team blockages.
  • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for global partner engineering teams at Apple, Google and Amazon, collaborating closely to refine product requirements and align technical integrations.

Grayce Consulting/Technical Analyst

  • Partnered with Business Analysts, Testers, and Solution Architects to design new digital financial products for SME customers.
  • Developed and executed Adobe Analytics playbooks to track customer data and platform performance, using these insights to directly improve the online banking experience.
  • Reviewed and evaluated new APIs and OpenAPI specifications to assess technical compatibility and data-sharing capabilities for adding new features to the existing banking platform.
  • Mapped and documented comprehensive system architectures, creating detailed sequence diagrams to clearly illustrate how internal components and third-party services connected to one another.

Technical & Architecture

  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • Distributed Systems
  • Microservice Architecture
  • Sequence Mapping

Data & Protocols

  • Kafka Schemas
  • OpenAPI (Swagger)
  • SQL
  • REST API Design

Product & Delivery

  • Roadmap Alignment
  • Technical Requirement Analysis
  • Dependency & Risk Mitigation
  • Partner Integrations
Available upon request