Experience

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  Yakara

  • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Software Engineer

    • Jun 2024 - Present
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Sumdog

  • United Kingdom
  • E-Learning Providers
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Software Developer

    • Dec 2022 - Sep 2023

    - Led a team of 3 developers on a 6-month project to create a new curriculum generation software in Python, ensuring on-time delivery for a start of academic year curricula release.- Successfully upgraded a core service from Rails 5 to Rails 7, reducing maintenance overhead and enabling the achievement of Cyber Essentials certification.- Implemented and enhanced product features using Ruby on Rails (with Turbo and Tailwind) and Node.js (with Vue and Angular), rapidly adapting the product to meet business needs.- Implemented AWS services integration and deployment configurations using S3, Polly, CloudFront, IAM, ECS, EC2, ECR, and RDS, enhancing infrastructure reliability and capabilities.- Developed and maintained internal tooling using Ruby, Golang, Bash, JavaScript, and AWS Lambda, enhancing efficiency for common tasks and optimising AWS resource management.- Handled regular releases of core services, driving business growth through consistent product updates and efficiently managing rollbacks to ensure service integrity.

  • Student Software Developer

    • Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

    - Anticipated the scope and complexities of implementing new features while working with the project manager and QA team as part of an agile development process.- Authored comprehensive unit tests in RSpec for new and updated classes, verifying code functionality to facilitate a smoother development cycle.- Delivered presentations to the development team on new technologies being integrated into the product, enhancing team expertise and enabling cross-team collaboration.- Conducted code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices, improving code quality, reducing bugs, and fostering knowledge sharing.

  • QA Engineer

    • Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

    - Ensured quality and accessibility of new features through manual and automated testing to produce a professional and inclusive product.- Created a functional testing suite using Selenium Webdriver and GitLab pipelines, increasing product reliability and decreasing the development time of wide-reaching features.- Maintained clear documentation for product features and internal processes, improving team productivity and inter-team collaboration.- Assisted project manager in diagnosing and devising solutions for user issues, improving the user experience, and ultimately driving an increase in the retention of active users.