I am an energetic and ambitious Full Stack Junior Developer, looking for a role where I can consolidate and extend my programming knowledge, while also gaining exposure to product management and business strategy.
After graduating from the University of Bristol with a Masters degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (First Class Honours), I spent 6 months travelling independently around South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Tech Skills: Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, Node.js, Express, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, React, PostgreSQL, MATLAB, Google Analytics, React Native
View my portfolio page here built with React!
For a complete list, feel free to navigate through my GitHub repositories.
Project | Description | Technologies |
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TraderPV | An FX trading app, showcasing users realtime exchange rates & crypto currency prices from around the globe. Detailed graphing of there fluctuation over the last 3 months is also shown. | Node.js, React Native, Victory Charts, Alpha Vantage API |
Virus Figures | A coronavirus dashboard, displaying the latest COVID-19 figures from around the U.K. | Node.js, Express, React, Material UI, Gov API's |
quikNews | A single page web app, taking advantage of both the Guardian News and Aylien text summarisation API's, to display the latest headlines & stories in a simple format. Have a peek here! | Javascript, Jasmine, Google Analytics |
Bank Tech Test | A CLI program emulating a bank account, showcasing test driven development in 2 languages. | Python, PyTest, Ruby, RSpec |
MakersBnB | An AirBnB clone, allowing landlords to display properties and users to book stays. | Javascript, Express, Node, PostgreSQL, Ejs, CSS, Jest, WebDriverIO |
Throughout both my time at university and Makers I have shown an exceptional ability to problem solve under pressure. Whether handling database migration issues or the most complex of bugs, I find it beneficial to split the problem up and then discuss and test each component bit by bit with team members, ensuring all members understand the reason for the problem and the solution required. This enables all team members to learn from mistakes and have equal ownership over the code while promoting collective success.
I have always been recognised as an outgoing, confident, and social person. I owe this to my participation in team sports from a very young age, during which I captained very successful cricket sides as well as my club side becoming rugby champions of Southern England. I have built upon this skill at Makers Academy, with the help of emotional intelligence workshops, allowing me to actively build relationships with people from different backgrounds.
I earned a full-time offer at Barclaycard by impressing my line manager with how quickly I picked up an understanding of merchant acquiring and the technologies that the team used, despite only being at the company for 8 weeks. In addition to this, for our Makersbnb, and Small Steps projects, myself and the team decided to leave our comfort zone and learn React, Node.js, and Express in the space of 3 weeks without it being in the course curriculum.
A 16-week intensive programming bootcamp, focusing on :
- Agile methodologies.
- Object-oriented design.
- Test driven development and behaviour driven development.
- Pair programming.
- Production of high quality clean code.
- Emotional intelligence.
- MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
- First Class Honours.
- Specialised in Communications Engineering.
- Participated in a variety of group projects, including building an autonomous robot that solved a Rubriks Cube in 53 seconds.
- Represented the University of Bristol at Rugby between 2015-2019.
- A Levels : 3 A's in Mathematics, Physics and Electronics.
- AS Levels : 1 A in Geography.
- GCSE's : 7 A*'s and 3 A's.
- Cricket Captain.
Barclaycard UK (Jun '18 - Aug '18)
Technology Intern within Barclaycard's Merchant Acquiring Business
- Responsibilities included; maintaining the high performance of Barclaycard’s payment authorisations platform, reporting of technological risks to senior management along with driving projects to meet their deliverables.
Cricket Direct (Aug '17 - Sep '17, Jun '19 - Oct '19)
Customer Service Assistant
- Telephone sales, resolved customer’s problems with faulty products and delivery issues.
Harpenden Common Golf Club (Jul '16 - Sept '16)
GreenKeeper
- Maintained the golf course to the highest standard throughout the busy summer months. This included cutting greens, fairways and tees and also using industrial standard irrigation equipment.
- High adrenaline sports : completed the world's 10th highest bungee jump & highest commercial skydive.
- Sports Fan : Luton Town season ticket holder & Barmy Army Member (England Cricket's Supporters Club ).
- Fitness : I gym daily to keep fit, and take my mind off work and any troubles.
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Summitted Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain raising money for 3 Tanzanian orphanages.
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Participate yearly in Movember raising awareness for men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide.