Experience

Polar Analytics UK REMOTE (April 2022 - September 2024) Senior Full-stack Developer

React, Node.js, Typescript, GPT API, Prompt engineering

Joined as 2nd full-stack engineer
Built user facing application taking us from seed stage through series A funding totalling $18 million
Built the onboarding flow and billing system that handled an increase in ARR from $100k to $3M in under 3 years
Built an AI data report generator powered by ChatGPT
Directly supported customers, leading to best-in-class app ratings

Zen Educate UK REMOTE (August 2020 - April 2022) Senior Full-stack Developer

React, Ruby on Rails, Styled Components, redux, React Native, GraphQL, Tailwind CSS, Design Tokens, Storybook

Working as a full-stack engineer I led a complete transformation of the development process: - introduced end to end tests with cypress and trained the team in how to write effective tests that ensure a high level of accessibility in the UI - Initiated a move towards more stringent code reviews and focused heavily on improving code quality, transferring my knowledge of long-term maintainable coding patterns to the team via code reviews, pair programming, and presentations highlighting some of the weakest parts of our codebase and how to improve them.

WealthKernel UK REMOTE (April 2017 - July 2020) Senior Full-stack Developer

React, redux, dotnet, Styled Components, Design Tokens, SASS

As the 5th employee at this startup, I led the development of our most important applications from initial planning through to shipping to customers. The success of these applications allowed us to raise a £4.5m series A.

FNZ Brno, The Czech Republic (August 2015 - December 2016) Full-stack Developer

React, dotnet

I began working in a small internal agile team developing a proof of concept application in .NET for a new innovative product. I quickly learned React and later started working on the development of a new site for a £multibillion platform, taking ownership of this project a few months later.

Education

Makers Academy LONDON REMOTE (February 2015 - June 2015) Full-stack Development

Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, Agile, TDD, Bdd, OOP, Pair Programming, XP Values

An intensive, full-time coding bootcamp
Formed an incredible foundation enabling me to build high quality applications as part of an agile team

University of York (2010 – 2014) BSc Biology 2:1

Biology, Python, Genetics, Biomedicine, Statistics

Graduated with a 2:1
Biology department was 2nd in the UK university rankings at the time
Mainly focussing on genetics and molecular biomedicine
Final year project involved computational analysis of DNA
Spanish elective – went from no knowledge to conversational proficiency in one year

Piano Exams (1997 - 2010)

Grade 8 Piano, Grade 5 Music Theory

Started lessons at 6 years old
Played in concert with the West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra
Learned how to work hard towards a goal
Still playing now, most recently taking lessons in jazz improvisation