Create and develop innovative software solutions for different clients across a broad range of industries.

Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Maintained and improved the GovWifi service which provides authentication services to wifi networks across thousands of government buildings.

Managed a service comprised of a Rails admin application and Sinatra API services which connected with a Radius server.

Wrote clean, maintainable, and efficient code.

Developed the bank's next generation application portals using agile methodologies with a strong focus on test-driven development.

Worked on the development of React applications connecting to a number of Java micro-services.

Handled various bugs occuring in the production environment, also participating in code reviews and quality assurance.

Taking over from the development teams post-launch, supported and further developed production applications throughout their lifecycle.

Ensured Heroku hosted system was running securely and smoothly with the least downtime possible.

Investigated and mitigated single points of failure, performance bottlenecks, and other issues related to the development process.

Analyzed, designed, and developed applications for different industries and clients, acting as subject matter expert and software engineer.

Developed the holidai.co platform, a Ruby on Rails application for managing staff leave.

Created and developed ForwardBack, a React Native iOS app for helping look forward to things by looking back.

Worked on the front-end code for Aegon’s new investment portal - a stateless interface to a back end Java app, built on Knockout.

Worked in Agile teams, delivering refined features alongside back end developers, UX, and QA.

Evaluated UX and UI designs for technical feasibility.

Whilst working on client projects, led the transition from the legacy email system over to managed Exchange at Rackspace, and from an internal NAS drive to Dropbox, ensuring a seamless transition for the whole company.

Worked on the development of full-service digital solutions for multiple industries, including life sciences, finance, education, and technology.

Provided a mentor role to junior developers, assisting them with training needs, and general queries.

Worked on the development of the ServiceDesk product, allowing MSPs (Managed Service Providers) to manage interaction with their clients.

Redeveloped the user interface and much of the back-end code, whilst maintaining compatibility with the older version.

Worked on adding new features to the product, including Twitter integration, and fine-grained roles and permissions, based on product features and end customers.

Directly involved in both back and front-end web development, as well as server management for clients that spanned Arts, Culture, Education, Tourism & Leisure.

Created a system for managing software updates of ~50 (and counting) WordPress installations semiautomatically. This involved ensuring all were in version control, and based on a standardised installation.

Managed transition of client sites on various hosting solutions onto a set of dedicated LAMP servers; two production, and one staging. Managed the configuration of these servers using Chef.

Developed a new Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) from scratch using the Kohana framework.

Created a number of standalone modules which were open-sourced.

Supported the existing VLEs and other systems, which are mainly Classic ASP.

Acted as Technical Lead on the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe site. Worked with various technologies including a third party ticketing system, as well as Solr (for search), OpenX (for advertising) and Magento (for eCommerce).

Worked on the development of other Edinburgh Festival sites, including the Film Festival, the Book Festival, and the Science Festival.

Used the Symfony PHP framework, as well as a legacy internal framework/CMS for projects that varied from smaller sites which were primarily financial & tourism based, to some much larger sites.

Co-developed their eCommerce solution, Aurora, that now powers many online stores, including high street retailers Moss Bros., Officers Club, Select Fashion, and Quiz Clothing.

Achievements include basket abandonment rates as low as 11.5% and checkout completion rates of up to 88% (internet average at the time was under 40%).

Oversaw server setup and maintenance for all client servers, including Apache, PHP & MySQL configuration and optimisation.

Worked on the development of the company’s eCommerce and content management systems, as well as various bespoke applications.

Created an independent CMS that was used for some of the company projects.

Met with clients both at initial presentations to gather requirements, and closely collaborated during the course of projects.