competencies: - Software Development - Software Architecture - UI/UX Design - Full-Stack Development - Team Leadership - Recruitment and Onboarding - Web Application Development - Cloud Hosting (AWS, GCP) - Database Management - User Interface Design - Project Management education: - 10 GCSEs @ Duchess Community High School certifications: - Sitecore Professional Developer Certification (Sitecore 8.2) - Aug. 2017 languages: - name: English proficiency: Native - name: German proficiency: Professional Working Proficiency - name: Arabic (Levantine) proficiency: Elementary experience: - position: Lead Consultant employer: Hippo start: Feb. 2024 end: Present desc: >- * Directly line manage 3 other engineers * Worked as the Technical Lead on a UK public sector project for the Department for Education (DfE) * Directly managed a 7-man, cross-functional technical team including engineers, testers and technical architects * Planned and implemented a migration from a 10+ repo microservice architecture to a monolothic monorepo, making it easier to develop and deploy changes * Cut deployment times from 1-2 days to 20 minutes on average * Designed and documented architectural changes in line with GDS architectural and technology standards skills: "ASP.NET Core · Microsoft Azure · Azure Data Factory · Git · C# · Full-Stack Development · Umbraco · Web Development · Microsoft SQL Server · Cloud Development · Microservices · Technical Requirements · Agile Methodologies" - position: Software Development Tutor employer: Yarbz Digital Ltd start: Sep. 2023 end: Mar. 2024 desc: I taught students of all levels modern software development, including coding fundamentals, computer science theory and modern software technologies. - position: Freelance Software Consultant employer: Yarbz Digital Ltd start: Aug. 2021 end: Mar. 2024 desc: >- * Designed the architecture for and developed the MVP for a recruitment platform and accompanying browser extension, which was used to pull in and process 1,000+ user profiles, proving its feasibility * Developed Fifty Five and Five's flagship website (fiftyfiveandfive.com), improving their Google PageSpeed Insights score to near-100s across the board (Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices and SEO) * Built front-end of sportank.com, a social network for American Football enthusiasts and athletes * Designed and built a proof-of-concept gRPC web client, proving real-time voice input streaming from web browsers to medical speech recognition software. * Maintained and improved the Integra Planner event management platform used by thousands of people for multi-day event skills: "ASP.NET · Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) · Angular · TypeScript · Amazon ECS · Python (Programming Language) · Node.js · ASP.NET MVC · Content Management Systems (CMS) · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Next.js · Microsoft Azure · Git · React.js · C# · Full-Stack Development · Umbraco · WordPress · Web Development · JavaScript · Front-End Development · MySQL · Microsoft SQL Server · Cloud Development · PHP · NoSQL · AWS Lambda · HTML · Microservices · Technical Requirements · Firebase · ASP.NET Core · Agile Methodologies · Google Cloud Platform (GCP) · MongoDB · User Interface Programming" - position: Contract Software Engineer employer: The Data Shed start: Jan. 2023 end: Aug. 2023 desc: >- * Designed and built the front-end of a bespoke fund recovery system, which allowed more than 100,000 customers affected to recover funds lost by loan mis-selling skills: "Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) · TypeScript · Amazon ECS · Tailwind CSS · Node.js · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Next.js · React.js · docker · Front-End Development · NoSQL · AWS Lambda · HTML · Agile Methodologies · User Interface Programming" - position: Software Architect employer: T101 start: Feb. 2020 end: Jul. 2021 desc: >- * Lead on the complete platform re-architecture and development for Recon, UK-based dating app with 200,000 monthly active users * Directly managed a team of 5 software engineers * Architected and lead on the implementation of key features, including authentication, authorisation, instant messaging, user profiles, galleries, and geocoding skills: "ASP.NET · Angular · TypeScript · Amazon ECS · ASP.NET MVC · Kubernetes · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Git · C# · Full-Stack Development · Web Development · JavaScript · Front-End Development · MySQL · Microsoft SQL Server · Cloud Development · NoSQL · HTML · .NET Core · Microservices · Technical Requirements · ASP.NET Core · Agile Methodologies · Google Cloud Platform (GCP) · User Interface Programming" - position: Senior Software Developer employer: Datatrial start: Apr. 2019 end: Feb. 2020 desc: >- * Worked on developing new/improving existing functional modules for Datatrial's Nucleus offering, which aims to provide a web platform for facilitating clinical trials. skills: "ASP.NET · TypeScript · ASP.NET MVC · Git · C# · Full-Stack Development · Web Development · JavaScript · Front-End Development · MySQL · Microsoft SQL Server · Aurelia · HTML · Agile Methodologies · User Interface Programming" - position: Software Engineer employer: pipdig start: Aug 2018 end: Apr 2019 desc: >- * Developing a mix of commercial sites and bespoke blogs, I was responsible for the entire product life-cycle. This included requirements gathering, development, management of the project and ultimately delivering and maintaining the product. Responsibilities also included improving internal software development practices and working to increase efficiency across a wide range of small, fast-paced projects. skills: "TypeScript · Content Management Systems (CMS) · Git · Full-Stack Development · WordPress · Web Development · JavaScript · Front-End Development · MySQL · Microsoft SQL Server · Cloud Development · PHP · HTML · Agile Methodologies · User Interface Programming" - position: Senior Software Developer employer: The Works start: Apr. 2018 end: Aug. 2018 desc: >- * I was the sole developer for an event management platform at Newcastle University, enhancing it by developing key features. skills: "ASP.NET · ASP.NET MVC · Content Management Systems (CMS) · Git · C# · Full-Stack Development · Web Development · JavaScript · Front-End Development · Microsoft SQL Server · HTML · Agile Methodologies · User Interface Programming · Umbraco" - position: Software Developer employer: Orangebus start: Jan. 2017 end: Apr. 2018 desc: >- * My responsibilities involved developing and managing a variety of different projects across different industries. skills: "ASP.NET MVC · Git · C# · Full-Stack Development · JavaScript · Front-End Development · Microsoft SQL Server · HTML · Agile Methodologies · User Interface Programming" - position: Junior Software Developer employer: True Potential LLP start: Oct. 2015 end: Dec. 2016 desc: >- * Primarily a web developer, my responsibilities included developing interactivity on the front-end, back-end services and designing database structures for large-scale web applications that are in-use by over 2 million clients as of November 2016. skills: "ASP.NET MVC · Git · C# · Full-Stack Development · Web Development · JavaScript · Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) · Front-End Development · Microsoft SQL Server · HTML · Agile Methodologies · User Interface Programming" - position: IT Support / Trainee Software Developer employer: Innovation Property (UK) start: Jan. 2013 end: Sep. 2015 desc: >- * I worked as an IT Support Technician and Developer Trainee. My responsibilities included dealing with IT issues via an IT help desk system. I also worked on improvements to internally-developed software that was used by our Arboricultural staff. I also provided updates to an internal MVC application used by office staff to log data, arrange appointments for external staff and contact clients. skills: "ASP.NET MVC · Git · C# · Full-Stack Development · JavaScript · Front-End Development · Microsoft SQL Server · HTML · Agile Methodologies · User Interface Programming"