Projects | Skills | Experience | Education | Interests
Since graduating from Makers Academy at the start of 2019 I have been working in a team of developers at LeSalon; a beauty-at-home service providing on demand services to clients in London. Since joining, we have implemented a huge architectural refactor of the React-Native apps, and written well over 1000 tests whilst releasing some major features.
I have a strong aptitude for picking up new technologies while my background in engineering has equipped me with a high level of technical knowledge, a natural problem solving skill-set and an eagerness to learn. I am particularly passionate about cryptocurrencies and other exciting emerging technology and am always looking for opportunities to expand my knowledge as a developer.
| Project | Description | Tech | Testing |
|---|---|---|---|
MakersRich  |
Worked alongside four fellow software engineers to build an educational online multiplayer role playing game. We used React and Redux for the frontend and Firebase to provide the database and asynchronous functionality. | JS React Redux Firebase |
Cypress Jest |
| Acebook |
Used Rails to build a Facebook clone in a week, with posts, comments and likes functionality. Rebuilt the frontend in React in the second week, and refactored the Rails product into an API to serve the frontend. | Rails JS React |
RSpec Jest |
| Test-Sweet |
Collaborated with a colleague to build a JavaScript testing framework and published it as an NPM package. | JS | Test-Sweet |
Languages
- Javascript, Python, Ruby, SQL, html, css, scss, less.js, shell
Frameworks
- React, React-Native, Node.js, Jekyll, Hugo, Meteor, Ruby on Rails
- Jest, Mocha, RSpec, Cypress
Tech
- AWS (Lambda, S3, Cloudwatch), Codeship, Heroku, Android Studio, Xcode, CMS, Sketch, Twilio
Self Learner
- Have been teaching myself python during lockdown, building a backend for an app with django as well as an aws-lambda hosted Message Generator than sends a custom 'Good morning' message to random friend every day.
- Have had to figure out most solutions solo at LeSalon, notably while integrating payment systems such as Braintree and Stripe Connect.
Fast Learner
- Working at at fast-growing startup has required me to pick up new technologies in very little time. I rapidly learnt node js in the first weeks and more recently Hugo, which we have used to rebuild the marketing website for seo optimization.
- Whilst building a Facebook Clone during Makers Academy, we were tasked to rebuild the frontend in React - a new language to us at the time. I picked up the language very quickly and within a week could fluently build React components and manage data flow with Redux.
Teamwork
- Have continued to use Agile processes at LeSalon having been exposed to them at Makers Academy. Working as such we have managed to increase our relative speed from 2 at the start to over 10 points per dev per day, massively increasing our overall output for the company.
- I have captained both Football and Korfball teams during my time at School and University, with the notable improvement of the Korfball team throughout my years involved a particularly proud achievement of mine.
Motivated
- In 2014 I set up a viable business by finding profitable arbitrage opportunities whilst minimising any fees incurred through the banking system. The company was profiting £3k/month.
- This passion led to the self-taught development of a website to broker Bitcoin built in php, html and JavaScript in a couple of months.
Project Management
- Managed teams of up to 15 people on major construction sites in London
- Worked together with clients, design teams, on-site tradesmen and other contractors
- Managed acoustic projects on my own from the design phase to completion during my time at Emtec.
Creative
- Having no design team at LeSalon, it is up to the Dev Team to design the app and website. Furthermore, we are given the freedom to engineer our own solutions to problems we face. I particularly enjoyed designing a solution for geocoding our users' addresses, which we use to send relevant offers of work to our clients.
- In my previous role as an Acoustic Engineer, I would often have to come up with bespoke designs to reduce the noise levels of domestic and commercial equipment, often with strict requirements such as space restrictions.
Curious
- Have always been curious to know how things work and as a child I was always designing and building things at home. This curiosity has led me to study Mechanical Engineering and Acoustic Engineering at University level, and then Programming at Makers Academy.
LeSalon Beauty (February 2019 - Present)
- Worked both in teams and individually on a wide array of projects.
- Willfully worked accross the stack on two websites, two apps and an api.
- Liaised with customers and therapists alike to develop meaningful features bespoke to their needs.
- Acted as Interim CTO while the CTO was on paternity leave for a month.
Emtec Products Ltd (Summers of 2012 - 2016, Full-time September 2016 - September 2017)
Self Employed Bitcoin Broker (September 2013 - June 2014)
- Intense 16 week coding bootcamp focused on teaching Agile, TDD and pair programming.
- Technologies used
- Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, React, Redux, postgreSQL
- Testing Frameworks used
- RSpec, Jasmine, Cypress, Jest
- Studied an Acoustics and Noise Control Diploma with merits in all modules (5/6)
- Sadly had to leave the course when I left my role in Acoustic Engineering
- 2:1 in Mechanical Engineering
- Focus on systems engineering
- A* in Mathematics
- A in Further Mathematics
- A in Physics
- A in Geography
- 10 A* and As at GCSE
I love to travel, and love to get out of cities into nature. When I can't get out of the city I escape by reading and tending to my garden, and playing lego!