Rachel Dodson
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Juan Manuel Muñoz
Rachel is one of the most proficient engineers I’ve ever worked with. She’s very curious to know other technologies, to improve her skills every day by completing her tasks on time and develop awesome scripts. Any company hiring her will be most lucky, and I will for sure miss her happiness, her enthusiasm towards web development and her love for pets.
Josh Marsden
I have known and worked with Rachel for a number of years at Gear4Music, having spent the last 8 months as her line manager and working alongside her in another development squad prior to that. When we first met Rachel was an apprentice engineer and am proud to have been able to witness her rapid growth into the confident software engineer she is today. She has gone from strength to strength and faces all new challenges head on with a keen willingness to learn and develop new skills along the way. Rachel is funny, smart and empathetic. She is keen to support others around her and bring them on the journey as they endeavour to solve technical problems collaboratively. I would highly recommend Rachel to anyone looking for a diligent, talented software engineer capable of learning new skills as well as adapting her current skillset to fit any domain.
Juan Manuel Muñoz
Rachel is one of the most proficient engineers I’ve ever worked with. She’s very curious to know other technologies, to improve her skills every day by completing her tasks on time and develop awesome scripts. Any company hiring her will be most lucky, and I will for sure miss her happiness, her enthusiasm towards web development and her love for pets.
Josh Marsden
I have known and worked with Rachel for a number of years at Gear4Music, having spent the last 8 months as her line manager and working alongside her in another development squad prior to that. When we first met Rachel was an apprentice engineer and am proud to have been able to witness her rapid growth into the confident software engineer she is today. She has gone from strength to strength and faces all new challenges head on with a keen willingness to learn and develop new skills along the way. Rachel is funny, smart and empathetic. She is keen to support others around her and bring them on the journey as they endeavour to solve technical problems collaboratively. I would highly recommend Rachel to anyone looking for a diligent, talented software engineer capable of learning new skills as well as adapting her current skillset to fit any domain.
Juan Manuel Muñoz
Rachel is one of the most proficient engineers I’ve ever worked with. She’s very curious to know other technologies, to improve her skills every day by completing her tasks on time and develop awesome scripts. Any company hiring her will be most lucky, and I will for sure miss her happiness, her enthusiasm towards web development and her love for pets.
Josh Marsden
I have known and worked with Rachel for a number of years at Gear4Music, having spent the last 8 months as her line manager and working alongside her in another development squad prior to that. When we first met Rachel was an apprentice engineer and am proud to have been able to witness her rapid growth into the confident software engineer she is today. She has gone from strength to strength and faces all new challenges head on with a keen willingness to learn and develop new skills along the way. Rachel is funny, smart and empathetic. She is keen to support others around her and bring them on the journey as they endeavour to solve technical problems collaboratively. I would highly recommend Rachel to anyone looking for a diligent, talented software engineer capable of learning new skills as well as adapting her current skillset to fit any domain.
Juan Manuel Muñoz
Rachel is one of the most proficient engineers I’ve ever worked with. She’s very curious to know other technologies, to improve her skills every day by completing her tasks on time and develop awesome scripts. Any company hiring her will be most lucky, and I will for sure miss her happiness, her enthusiasm towards web development and her love for pets.
Josh Marsden
I have known and worked with Rachel for a number of years at Gear4Music, having spent the last 8 months as her line manager and working alongside her in another development squad prior to that. When we first met Rachel was an apprentice engineer and am proud to have been able to witness her rapid growth into the confident software engineer she is today. She has gone from strength to strength and faces all new challenges head on with a keen willingness to learn and develop new skills along the way. Rachel is funny, smart and empathetic. She is keen to support others around her and bring them on the journey as they endeavour to solve technical problems collaboratively. I would highly recommend Rachel to anyone looking for a diligent, talented software engineer capable of learning new skills as well as adapting her current skillset to fit any domain.
Experience
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Gear4music Ltd.
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United Kingdom
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Retail Musical Instruments
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100 - 200 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Apr 2021 - Present
• Delivered quality solutions in a fast-paced environment, ensuring coding standards are always maintained. • A driving force in the adoption of Web components across the site to improve efficiency, scalability and reduce tech debt. • Contributed to the creation of a store credit system from first design, used by over half of all customers using the trade-in platform, adding considerable value to the business in both income and customer loyalty. • Mentored junior developers to support their professional development, leading to them gaining confidence and increasing their skills. • Demoed new software and functionality to key stakeholders and leadership, improving buy in and allowing fast feedback for improvements. • Planned squad socials to increase team moral and support mental health and wellbeing. • Took an active part in all agile ceremonies, including retros, planning and refinement sessions, delivering and receiving key feedback to increase efficiency and productivity in the squad. • Led the development of a Supplier Returns system, covering the full lifecycle of a project from requirements gathering and stakeholder meetings to full deployment. The new system reduced stock loss, improved visibility of returns, reduced the user time spent per return, and increased user satisfaction. • Contributed to the successful launch of AV.com, working on automating stock imports into our multi-tiered ERP system. • Developed a front-end custom cable building service to streamline one of AV.com’s unique selling points, bringing increased profits. • Completed discovery and research tickets producing technology proposals and prototypes for future development. Show less
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Manchester City Council
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United Kingdom
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer
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Sep 2018 - Apr 2021
• Interfaced with clients to identify business requirements, ensuring technical solutions are efficient and fit for purpose. • Created detailed technical and user documentation to enable the dissemination of knowledge across the whole team. • Developed and supported the Council's request management system, ServiceNow. Taking the lead on requirements gathering, stakeholder demos, and full deployment. • Worked independently on projects, gathering requirements, producing iterative releases, and demoing to stakeholders. • Developed a full system to a limited time scale that allowed for the submission and timely processing of Covid business grants, giving the businesses of Manchester a much needed lifeline. • Attended ServiceNow conferences, representing the council and networking with companies that could improve our current systems. Show less
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Yewtree Primary School
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Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Teaching Assistant
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Sep 2017 - Aug 2018
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Varna Primary School
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Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Teaching Assistant
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Sep 2016 - Aug 2017
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Education
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2018 - 2022
The Manchester Metropolitan University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Digital Technology Solutions Apprenticeship -
2014 - 2015
University of Greenwich
PGCE, Secondary Education and Teaching -
2012 - 2013
University of Nottingham
Master of Arts - MA, Classical and Ancient Studies -
2009 - 2012
University of Nottingham
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ancient history and Archaeology
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