I'm a UK based software engineer focused mostly on back-end development. I enjoy designing scalable systems and solving people's problems, squashing bugs and writing code, from low-level programming with C to beautiful dashboards in React and Next.js. You can read on my past experience below.
work
Software Engineer @ Quilter Plc.
July 2022 – Present
- Designed and developed cloud-based consumer-facing services using .NET and Azure, efficiently handling 1M+ requests per month by implementing API gateway and Azure Functions.
- Designed and developed Apilogs, an Angular UI tool for efficient Apigee log search and debugging, significantly improving developer productivity; widely adopted across the team and praised for streamlining issue diagnosis.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines to manage cloud infrastructure (with an infrastructure as code philosophy). Gained exposure to Azure DevOps, Terraform, and containerization with Docker.
- Improved development workflows by using Docker containers and integrated an OpenAPI spec-to-library automated code generation process via GitHub API and CI/CD pipelines, boosting team productivity.
- Created custom reporting tools with Python to analyze codebase metrics (test coverage, vulnerability alerts, etc.), offering senior management actionable insights.
Software Engineer @ Pear Technology Ltd.
October 2020 – July 2022
- Maintained and enhanced features for in-house mapping software built with WinForms, delivering a better UX.
- Spearheaded the migration of PearGIS source code to accommodate a major library upgrade, achieving faster map rendering.
- Optimized application startup time by 95.8% through implementing a multi-threaded solution for project loading, significantly reducing user wait time.
Software Engineer @ Taffarello Spa.
August 2019 – July 2020
- Worked on a bespoke ERP system used to streamline the quoting process for handmade shopping bags.
- Gained experience in technologies such as Java Server Faces and PostgreSQL.
Software Engineer Intern @ Klekoo Srl.
June 2019 – August 2019
- Assisted with developing a range of marketing and e-commerce websites for businesses of various sizes.
- Developed frontend components and helped integrate them with backend systems using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
education
Solent University - Southampton, UK
Bachelors of Science in Software Engineering (2:1) Sep. 2017 – Aug. 2020