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Headline
Technical and data driven Engineering Manager with 8 years’ experience working in fast-paced Agile environments, creating opportunities for people and prioritising their development
Employment history
October 2021 – Current | Klima.Metrix | Engineering Manager | Berlin (hybrid)
LeadershipRecruitingNestJSReactAWS- Established DORA KPI metrics, enhanced by SPACE surveys, improving developer satisfaction and reducing deployment schedules from monthly to multiple times a week
- Led standards and team processes, including a strategic tech-debt process, testing guidance, and feedback and progression
- Fostered a culture of knowledge sharing by hosting lunch ‘n’ learns, knowledge sharing sessions and hackathons
- Doubled the team to *6 multi-functional developers**, navigating cultural differences and reaching agreements through regular 1:1s
- Designed systems appropriate for the team to take ownership of, most notably a task-based data management pipeline, and a unique ranking/search system
June 2020 – October 2021 | SGEF Digital Factory | Developer Team Lead | Berlin
GraphQLAgileCloudLeadership- Developed a Hasura based API in TypeScript with Vue.js and Stencil front-end, interfaced with a custom-built machine learning platform, hosted in an event driven architecture in Azure for complex OCR needs in FinTech.
- Rapidly prototyped features, working closely with a multi-disciplinary Scrum team
- Mentored and lead a team of 5 developers, supporting personal and company goals via regular 1:1s
- Championed documentation and testing practices via Playwright, Jest and Vuepress
- Resolved intertwined dependencies in global entities, working with external teams and their APIs
Feb 2016 - May 2020 | Bluesmith Information Systems | Technical specialist | Leeds, UK
Node.jsVue.jsAgileContainerisationTraining & mentorshipFeb 2017 – May 2020 | Full-stack developer
- Performance and security testing full-stack applications based on a Mongo/Node/Express REST architecture
- Scoped, estimated and advised on the design of long-term features for both internal and client-led requests
- Unified and implemented incremental adoption of Agile working practices
- Supported the deployment and client-hosting of tailored solutions
- Worked closely with product owners, designers, business analysts, full-stack developers, and subject matter experts to deliver a cohesive product
Feb 2016 - Jan 2017 | Data engineer
Processed, managed and maintained data loads for terabyte scale data warehouses
Data-centric support for clients, monitoring several websites and data services reliant on highly available SQL Server backends
Processing, managing and maintaining data loads for terabyte scale data warehouses.
Data-centric support for clients, monitoring several websites and data services reliant on highly available SQL Server backends.
June – Sept 2013 | University of Leeds | Researcher
Self-motivationCritical thinkingPublic speakingIndependently led research internship in a small laboratory applying practical cell culture and molecular biology to research questions.
Voluntary history
Sept 2017 – Sept 2020 | English4all | Manager
FlexibilityCommunicationTeamworkAssisting in the running of an English language school for adult speakers of other languages.
- Ensuring classes, staff and students are secure, prepared and happy.
- Directing pragmatic process improvements, particularly with regard to IT services, such as an updated website with automated email rota.
- Encouraging and developing social events like coffee and conversation.
Education and qualifications
| Place | Date | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| University of Leeds | 2011-2015 | MBIOL Biochemistry 2:1 |
Key traits
Communicator – I’m quick to jump to a whiteboard, I’m always ready to share some ideas over a coffee, and I’m good at bringing people together. I bridge the gap between the technical implementation and non-technical stakeholders.
Programmer at heart – I am comfortable getting stuck into challenging problems, coming up with creative and pragmatic solutions in and outside of a code base. Not much holds me up once I’ve my IDE up and plenty of coffee.
Fully engaged – I thoroughly enjoy my work, and I often have experiments or plans in a notebook somewhere to allow me to go above and beyond the normal deliverable or job description.
Interests and activities
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I am a keen indoor climber and outdoor hiker, though I rarely miss a weekend with friends strategizing over a complex board game. Otherwise, I’ve nearly always got a hobby game development project on the go, and any remaining time goes on improving my German.