Résumé

I am a motivated, conscientious worker who is adaptable to lone or team work. Challenges are something I thrive on as they push the boundaries of my knowledge. Where I currently do not hold the appropriate skills for a given task, I will participate in any relevant training. I am open to suggestions on where to improve on work, or even within my skill set, and possess confident communication skills

April 2019 - Present

Senior Developer, Gower Enterprises Ltd T/A E-Cigarette Direct

Maintenance of Magento 1.9 e-commerce platform including patching and performance tuning.
Decreased page-load times by 55 - 90%
Help improve and implement business workflow efficiencies to help cope with a web sales increase of 430% during COVID pandemic
Designed and built a bespoke e-commerce platform using Symfony components, utilising PHP 7.4, Vue.js, Twig templates, MySQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ
Identify required systems and server applications required for the bespoke e-commerce platform. Build this as Infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible
Recruit, train, and mentor new developers in the team with the platform
Manage the IT support team for the business
Reduced outsource expenditure by over £60,000 per annum
Help with IT planning and purchasing during head office relocation
Development and implementation of CI/CD pipelines for projects

January 2017 - April 2019

Service Delivery Manager, Codebase8 Limited

I was promoted into the role of Service Delivery Manager and was responsible for:

Scheduling work for the test team
Scheduling bug fixes with the development teams
Guide and manage clients through UAT and arrange and coordinate delivery of projects into production
Work with the client through the warranty period
Management of the helpdesk to get support issues resolved and deployed
Liaise with the project team to understand the project requirements ahead of testing and then delivery

April 2015 - January 2017

Software Developer, Codebase8 Limited

I was a PHP developer working with multiple web technologies, including:

CakePHP 2 framework
jQuery, HTML and CSS

I mainly worked on the travel insurance platforms for brands including AA, Barclays and Sainsbury’s

June 2012 - April 2015

Software Developer, Software Add-Ons Limited

I returned to this position to head up their Wales office. My responsibilities were:

Training and development of any employees which were to be based in Wales
Taking internal and external client's briefs and producing a development plan
Request further information or data from the client
Develop and deliver the solution for the client within the framework and to coding standards
Perform initial testing ahead of the QA phase
Integrate the system with external APIs
Develop generic and customer specific APIs

February 2012 - June 2012

E-Commerce Developer, FD Systems

Whilst working here as an e-commerce developer I:

Worked with a bespoke e-commerce solution which used areas of Drupal to hold content and provide the framework for the side.
Used a mix of Drupal themes and bespoke engine to deliver the client's website look
Configured aspects of the e-commerce system; including payment gateways, delivery charges and discounts.

June 2008 – February 2012

Software Developer, Software Add-ons Limited

I worked as a developer working on a hosted CRM solution, OpenCRM. I would:

Work with web technologies: PHP, MySQL, jQuery, JavaScript
Help manage the integration between OpenCRM and client websites, using SOAP
Support customers with their issues and questions with the system
Help with the management of the Linux infrastructure

August 2006 – September 2007

Placement Student, Nissan Motors

This was an industrial placement for part of my degree. I was required to:

Talk to users in throughout Europe to gather their needs and requirements. This was both one-site and via phone and email.
Pass client needs to offshore developers and ensure the delivery of work as specified