Experience

Sprint Education

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Architect

  • Nov 2020 - Present



Torn Ltd

• Infrastructure Engineer

  • Sep 2020 - Nov 2020



Sprint Education

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Full Stack Developer

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2020

  At Sprint, I began as a full-stack software engineer and quickly became involved in handling the operations side of the engineering department, setting up logging and monitoring solutions, making broad infrastructure changes, and revamping the system architecture to bring better resilience and performance.Part of my responsibilities also included mentoring and developing junior members of the team. This was relatively easy for me, as the engineers in question were all bright, hard-working, and eager to learn.I left Sprint in August 2020 to pursue a role at Torn LTD, a company building a web-based MMORPG. Since a teenager, I have been passionate about both MMORPGs and web technology, so the opportunity to work at a company building a web-based MMORPG was too good to pass up, in spite of the amazing team I would be leaving behind at Sprint.



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• Freelance Programmer

  • Nov 2018 - Jul 2019

  In order to facilitate a move from Hamburg to Lübeck, I transitioned from permanent employment to contract work. Following on from that move, I moved back to Tewkesbury, England, to be closer to my support network due to health problems. In order to facilitate a move from Hamburg to Lübeck, I transitioned from permanent employment to contract work. Following on from that move, I moved back to Tewkesbury, England, to be closer to my support network due to health problems.



Neural Technologies Group

• Web Developer

  • Apr 2018 - Oct 2018

  At Neural Technologies I work with Java, Spring Boot, ReactJS, Kendo-UI, and several SQL and NoSQL databases (Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, and Redis) to provide web-based solutions to clients. I am responsible for driving projects forward, and have the freedom to innovate at my own pace and in whichever direction I believe is best for the project(s) I am working on. I find this freedom to be both exciting and challenging, and appreciate the opportunity I have been given. At Neural Technologies I work with Java, Spring Boot, ReactJS, Kendo-UI, and several SQL and NoSQL databases (Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, and Redis) to provide web-based solutions to clients. I am responsible for driving projects forward, and have the freedom to innovate at my own pace and in whichever direction I believe is best for the project(s) I am working on. I find this freedom to be both exciting and challenging, and appreciate the opportunity I have been given.



ITEM42

• United Kingdom
• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Nov 2016 - Sep 2018

  As a founding member of Item 42 I helped to develop the company's interests during the early stages of its inception. I stepped down due to my geographical distance from the project and busy schedule precluding me from contributing in any meaningful way, however I keep myself actively involved and interested in the continued growth and development of the studio via my close personal friendship with the two other founders. As a founding member of Item 42 I helped to develop the company's interests during the early stages of its inception. I stepped down due to my geographical distance from the project and busy schedule precluding me from contributing in any meaningful way, however I keep myself actively involved and interested in the continued growth and development of the studio via my close personal friendship with the two other founders.



Mondia Media Group

• Senior Backend Developer

  • Feb 2018 - Mar 2018

  At Mondia Media I worked in Team Magic to maintain and develop the backend systems of their mobile entertainment sales and delivery platform. I developed skills related to working with large-scale, archaic, legacy systems. At Mondia Media I worked in Team Magic to maintain and develop the backend systems of their mobile entertainment sales and delivery platform. I developed skills related to working with large-scale, archaic, legacy systems.



Zalando adtech lab - Zalando SE

• Software Engineer

  • Nov 2016 - Jan 2018

  At Zalando AdTech lab I worked on the team responsible for campaign management and reporting, providing tooling to the wider Zalando Media Solutions organization. We worked with ReactJS, Spring Boot and PostgreSQL as well as using Spark to run various data aggregation tasks. At Zalando AdTech lab I worked on the team responsible for campaign management and reporting, providing tooling to the wider Zalando Media Solutions organization. We worked with ReactJS, Spring Boot and PostgreSQL as well as using Spark to run various data aggregation tasks.



Kambi

• Malta
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Developer

  • Feb 2014 - Oct 2016

  At Kambi I have worked primarily as a frontend engineer on projects using Backbone, Angular and React. I've also developed NodeJS solutions and worked with some Java projects (one of which used GWT as a frontend framework). Throughout my time here I have worked with UX engineering and backend engineering, as well as working closely with the it operations team, who I get on well with. At Kambi I have worked primarily as a frontend engineer on projects using Backbone, Angular and React. I've also developed NodeJS solutions and worked with some Java projects (one of which used GWT as a frontend framework). Throughout my time here I have worked with UX engineering and backend engineering, as well as working closely with the it operations team, who I get on well with.



Self-employed

• Freelancer

  • 2010 - Feb 2014

  I mainly dealt in JavaScript, specializing mostly in NodeJS and the Chrome browser (through HTML 5).I also made some contributions to OSS. Most notably, an open source CHIP-8 emulator written in C. I mainly dealt in JavaScript, specializing mostly in NodeJS and the Chrome browser (through HTML 5).I also made some contributions to OSS. Most notably, an open source CHIP-8 emulator written in C.



UK government

• Temp

  • Aug 2009 - Sep 2009

  Data entry from MS Excel to MS Access (bespoke, in-house developed front-end).Was praised for speed and efficiency. Was offered a meeting with higher-ups to demonstrate an Excel-based solution to a repetitive task. Data entry from MS Excel to MS Access (bespoke, in-house developed front-end).Was praised for speed and efficiency. Was offered a meeting with higher-ups to demonstrate an Excel-based solution to a repetitive task.



Fasthosts

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Technical Support Advisor

  • Sep 2007 - Nov 2007

  Supported customers with FTP, email, domain name management and Fasthosts' dedicated server control panel software.Praised by colleagues for skills in PHP.Developed trouble-shooting and customer relation skills. Supported customers with FTP, email, domain name management and Fasthosts' dedicated server control panel software.Praised by colleagues for skills in PHP.Developed trouble-shooting and customer relation skills.