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 2 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"