Full stack web development, devops, front-end web development, technical leadership, team leadership

ML, Data Science, Python Development

Full-stack Mobile & Web App Development Expert

Backend development (Go)

Founders4Schools

Greatly reduced charity running costs by planning and performing a migration from Heroku to AWS. Performed the database normalisation and optimisation for the greatly increased number of users. I took care of Junior Developers and taught them how to contribute independently.
The codebase utilised Django, PostgreSQL, Celery, Docker, Angular, AWS, Terraform, Git.

Lead Software Engineer

Queen Mary University of London

My task was to create an interactive web application to present the optimisation data interactively. I have also parallelised the algorithm, leading to large improvements in the running time. Beside knowledge in web development and GUI-s it requires knowledge in graph theory (drawing, processing, transforming graphs, devising algorithms) and cyber-security. 

 CySecTool: optimal investment portfolio for Cybersecurity

Incopro

Thanks to the library I developed, we progressed from processing one site every three days when I joined, to processing three sites every day when the project ended.
Programmer for gathering data from websites using BeautifulSoup4, regular expressions, requests library.
I have also developed a Firefox/Chrome extension and Django app for storing and retrieving cookies matching credentials.

Python Developer

Karat

Conducting technical interviews for Big Tech companies, using Python, Django, Flask, JavaScript, Java. I have developed my social and software engineering recruitment skills in the progress.

Interview Engineer

Back-end Python development

Capgemini

Leading the development of a sim-only mobile network based in the UK. Working across different cross-functional teams & partners, with hands-on coding as well as technical leadership of the project.

Smarty

STATEWIZE

A visual product/project management platform that grew from a visual serverless cloud-compute canvas onto a fully-pledged, scaleable product management whiteboard that connects with your actual codebase, and tracks every single user in real time. I've architected and implemented the whole thing by myself - including the platform, devops, marketing website, ads strategy, etc.

Co-founder & CEO

Wonderbly

Developing all aspects of Wonderbly's platform; backend services, e-commerce platform, SAAS API for developers, & the frontend. While taking great care of customer experience, scalability of the platform, as well as partners accessibility & experience

Platform implementation

Avante

70% hands-on role. Leading 2 cross-functional, international squads, one in Israel and one in Brazil. I was working on an innovative offering - a digital PoS for underserved customers across Brazil and Latin America

Engineering Manager

Tech Leadership, Fullstack software development, software architecture, help with fundraising, stakeholders management, team leadership, engineering management

Transcript Associates, Inc.

i. Architected the integration of SAML2 Single Sign-On (SSO) to their platform.
ii. Architected the integration of OAuth 2.0 Single Sign-On (SSO) to their platform.
iii. Developed PHP8 API that integrated with their web app to provide Google SSO functionality.

Contract PHP Engineer

MyMed Ltd

i. Introduced, championed, and established the DevOps culture.
ii. Created, maintained and improved our CI/CD (delivery) standards, pipelines, and tools using GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild, CodePipeline, Beanstalk, ECR, ECS etc. to streamline & accelerate software delivery. 
iii. Created, maintained and improved our AWS infrastructure.
iv. Introduced and championed the adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code for transparency, automation, reusability, auditing, maintainability etc. of our infrastructure.
v. Used AWS CDK (TypeScript) and Terraform to build and deploy backend services.
vi. Designed and implemented a robust infrastructure in AWS (using DirectConnect) to allow our apps and
products access the protected HSCN network owned by the NHS.
vii. Improved the security, scalability, availability, reliability, and observability of our AWS infrastructure.
vii. Improved the quality, security, scalability, and observability of the company’s products.

Cloud Solutions Architect

i. Established processes, adopted right tools, and implemented best practices that improved the efficiency, productivity, and general operational capability of our engineering team and systems by over 90%.
ii. Hired, led and managed both small Software engineering and DevOps teams.
iii.Spec, planned and estimated work for new features and products.
iv.Improved team knowledge through code reviews, documenting practices and workflows etc..
v. Acted as Scrum Master to ensure work pieces were available, priorities were clear, and to reduce blockers faced by the engineering team.
vi. Mentored and supported engineers to maximise their potential and growth.

Team Lead

i. Architected and oversaw our integration with various NHS APIs and clinical systems. Implemented a couple of
these using PHP, Laravel/Lumen, TypeScript, NodeJs, and Docker.
ii. Delivered full-stack features into production systems, utilising Agile and DevOps processes.

Solutions Architect

MyMed Ltd.

i. Architected & implemented high performance lambda functions and micro-services.
ii.Spec, planned and estimated work for new features and products.
iii. Delivered full-stack features into production systems, utilising Agile and DevOps processes.

i. Built large and complex high-throughput backend systems with micro-services and event-driven architecture using PHP, TypeScript, Python, MySQL, AWS AuroraDB, Lambda, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, Redis, ElastiCache etc..

ii. Maintained the company's main monolith product and improved its stability and performance by improving the speed of various pages by over 75%.

iii. Delivered full-stack features into production systems, utilising Agile and DevOps processes.

Senior Platform Engineer

Bespoke.ws

i. Architected projects to build out direction of the platforms with stakeholders, and as lead developer to break
high level designs into estimable and actionable pieces of work.
ii. Built infrastructure and services with PHP, Laravel, Vue.js, HTML, CSS, SASS for an online counselling project. Integrated 3rd party API into back office system used for live, high quality audio and video streaming. Back office system also included live text chat service. Integrated 3rd party payment API for managing subscriptions and one-off purchases.
iii. Architected and developed online community support project using Docker, PHP, Laravel, Bulma, HTM5L, CSS3 (SASS), MySQL, Javascript, Vue.js, TDD, GraphQL.
iv. Architected and developed the project from start to finish using the Microservices architectural style. Delivered its build environment and infrastructure using AWS, CI/CD (CircleCI, CodeBuild, CodePipeline), Docker, ECS, Lambda, Elasticache, and CloudFormation.
v.Developed and maintained various customer business management systems using PHP, Laravel, Vue.js, HTML, CSS, SASS, and a bespoke framework. Ensured platforms were resilient, monitored, scalable and secure.
vi. Designed and delivered infrastructure for development projects using Linux, Nginx, DigitalOcean, Load balancing, Bash, Forge.
vii. Automated infrastructure setup, built CI/CD pipelines. Managed & created workflow for the development team (2 working on site and 1 remotely), and supported production services.
viii. Improved page load speed for Wordpress and bespoke systems by minimum of 50x.
ix. Improved existing code using SOLID design principles and industry best practices.

Senior Engineer/Tech Lead

Software Architecture & Development. Cloud Architecture & Engineering. DevOps.

Database administration and architecture in SQL Server

Software Development, Testing.

Credit Karma

Front-end development of commercial web app / mobile app

WebApp

Shell

Remit covering all aspects of the design, development, delivery and support of a real- time application for Shell trading business
Lead UI developer (React, Typescript)
Development of NodeJS micro-services (WebSocket, REST api)
Event driven architecture (Kafka, WebSocket, Rxjs) - Kubernetes / Azure
UI / UX Design

Realtime grid / commodities trading

Remit covering all aspects of development and delivery of a commercial Shell mobile app for the Lubricants business including GraphQL tier
New features and fixes pushed in public stores to ensure sustained adoption and ROI
Direct communication channel with end clients Close work with Product Manager, Designer and Shell international product team & Digital Hub
Responsible for ops and production support Continual improvement of CI/CD pipelines, KPI

Shell commercial mobile app

Woodford Investment Management

Greenfield project. Beta release delivered within an ambitious 3 months deadline (2 developers) + CI/CD pipeline

Greenfield mobile app project

Centrica – British Gas

Development of British Gas commercial app (Jan 2017 to Jan 2019) Involved in recruitment
Migration of React/Cordova app into React-Native

React Native Developer / Technical Lead

Polyglot development (Angular, Node, Golang)
Data / Big Data expertise (MongoDB, ElasticSearch) Micro-services transformation (Kubernetes, Openshift, AWS, GCE)
Catalyst for a DevOps and Open Source culture
AWS Advanced Architecture training

Technical Lead for Strategic Systems: Digital, Big Data

Mobile app development (React-Native, Redux, GraphQL, WebSocket), Web development (React, Angular, Node, Express), Micro- services Paas (Openshift, Kubernetes, AWS ECS), Back-End (GoLang, Java), Cloud (AWS), DevOps (Docker, git, TravisCI), Big Data (ElasticSearch, Hadoop, HortonWorks, MongoDB), Security (Oauth2)

Senior Technical Architect Big Data

ADS Securities (Finance - Trading) – Abu Dhabi – UAE

In order to bring new solutions in a timely manner I combine solution architecture and data governance with a strong understanding of business needs.
I do not hesitate to introduce new technologies when appropriate such as Big Data MongoDB & Aggregation Framework or Talend Data Integration.
My role includes architecture, development and maintenance of data driven solutions including visualization through web interfaces in different domains such as of Forex market data analysis, data-warehouse with real-time data feeds and reporting.

Data Architect / Developer (Big Data / BI / UI)

Credit Suisse

Main BI designer and developer on-site (Microsoft BI Suite, data flow solutions)
Main production DBA onsite (e.g. implementation of BCP and DR solutions, RMAN, performance tuning, monitoring, upgrades, SQL Server, Oracle, Excel, Access, AS400 DB2)
Rationalization of application and database landscape frequently audited by IT Risks
Third party solutions integration for Private Banking (Order Management System, Futures and Options management, Funds compliance)

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