James Duerden

Ruby on Rails Developer at Market Dojo Ltd.
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Wroughton, England, United Kingdom, GB
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  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials

  • Professional Scrum Master
    Scrum.org
    Dec, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®)
    Scrum Alliance
    Oct, 2018
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Market Dojo
    • United Kingdom
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Ruby on Rails Developer
      • Sep 2016 - Present

      Working in a DevOps position within the company, I am engaged in improving both the customer and developer experience of the Market Dojo eProcurement solution. I lead mixed internal/contracted project teams in creating new features and introducing enhancements to the product, with a focus on maintaining output quality. This includes engaging with both internal and external stakeholders, interpreting user specifications and planning the technical approaches to the problems therein.As part of my responsibilities I undertake cleansing, transformation and insertion of client data into the Market Dojo system, including the creation and testing of custom ETL scripts or pipelines where necessary. This enables the company to offer the ability to migrate potential clients from their existing system.I am also responsible for the architecture, configuration and maintenance of the Google Cloud Platform infrastructure underpinning the solution, including creation and maintenance of the Terraform templates and Packer build scripts which hold the Market Dojo environment to a high and consistent reproducible standard.

  • Citizens Advice Waverley
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Officer
      • Feb 2015 - Sep 2016

      I was contracted as a technical consultant on part of the Lottery-funded Advice Services Transition Fund project, which aims to improve the services of the Bureau, engage with partner organisations in Waverley and strengthen the sustainability of the charity for the future. I made an initial proposal to CAW that they might wish to investigate a Voice over IP system as a replacement for their existing mixed analogue and ISDN traditional telephone system. This suggestion was made on the basis of extensibility of the system, and an expected reduction in ongoing costs. To determine that this reduction in costs would exist, I extracted data from previous phone bills from offices across the district and established the amount and distribution of expenditure over a year of operations. This proposal was accepted, and I was brought on under the ASTF project banner to implement the system. I have also been giving technical advice and doing hardware research and site visits for another stream of the ASTF project, commissioning self-service touchscreen kiosks to provide Advice and Information outreach to the community CAW serves without requiring additional volunteers.In my work towards these goals, I have drafted and reviewed quote request documentation; prepared technical information sheets to accompany quote requests, including investigating the existing systems hardware; and interviewed and discussed the requirements of my client with potential suppliers of systems, hardware and software. I maintain full notes of meetings and project progress with respect to the streams in which I am involved.While in this position, I have also proposed internal changes which have yet to be actioned to improve the efficiency of the Bureau with regards to utility expenses, including the replacement of old PCs with low power, high efficiency models, and I am managing a volunteer who is investigating ways to reduce CAW's expenditure on necessary premium-rate phone calls.

  • Maid In Sheffield
    • Consumer Services
    • Technical Director
      • Aug 2014 - Apr 2015

      Maid In Sheffield is a fixed price, fast response online home cleaning business. Requiring no quotes and relatively short notice, we are seeking to move this market into the 21st century.I was responsible for construction and maintenance of the website for the business. Maid In Sheffield is a fixed price, fast response online home cleaning business. Requiring no quotes and relatively short notice, we are seeking to move this market into the 21st century.I was responsible for construction and maintenance of the website for the business.

  • The Haslemere Cellar
    • Database & Website Construction and System Setup
      • Mar 2013 - Jun 2014

      I was contracted to produce a full, up-to-date product database and website utilising the Sellerdeck Ecommerce software package. This I then integrated with the related Sellerdeck EPOS system, allowing full stock control to be enforced across both the online and retail portions of the business.I have continued to provide support and updates for these systems and website where necessary, maintaining a strong professional relationship with my client Mr Richard Royds. Most recently, I have provided the business with a social network presence, integrating Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and suitable analytics software with the Constant Contact mailing list service.

Education

  • University of Bath
    Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons), Chemistry
    2011 - 2014
  • Winchester College
    2005 - 2010

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