Summary
Sulaiman Rafiq is a seasoned technology leader and software architect, currently heading Architecture and Delivery at Cox Automotive Europe to steer the design and delivery of mission-critical, high-performance systems. Over a decade, he has guided architecture and delivery across MoneySuperMarket, Thales, Financial Wellness Group, Slalom Build, and Cox Automotive. He champions lean, agile practices, clean code, design patterns, and TDD/BDD to ensure reliable, scalable software, and he's an avid reader who continually refines his craft. His technical background includes Java/JEE, Spring, Hibernate, Groovy/Grails, and modern devops tooling, with experience delivering across the full software development lifecycle. An alumnus of The University of Manchester with a 2.1 in Mathematics and Computer Science and an MSc in Bioinformatics (Merit), he combines rigorous analytical training with practical delivery leadership from Burnley, UK.
10 years of coding experience