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Full Stack Software Engineer trained at Makers Academy and have since been in freelance work as well as building my current personal project: a PERN stack financial news aggregator. Looking for a role where I can continue to write clean code and develop my programming knowledge in a growth-oriented environment.
My background before coding exists at the intersection of global health and human rights, having obtained a BA in the former and an MSc in the latter, whilst working in national domestic abuse policy approached as a health issue and a human rights violation.
What began as a hobby became a catalyst for a reassessment of my career aspirations: coding is addictive, creative, and logical. It requires patience, self-discipline and a hunger to learn. The logic-driven ability to create something that previously did not exist is what keeps me coding.
Learning to code developed my growth-oriented mindset and satiates my hunger to learn, aided by the principles of spiral learning. My ability to rapidly consume, retain and apply skills was required whilst working in Operations at Deliveroo at a time of technological change in how riders were onboarded to satisfy new compliance and legal requirements. I grasped and immediately applied new technical skills to suit an evolving start-up where processes were subject to change with immediate effect.
Makers has consolidated my communication skills within a coding environment, particularly when reviewing each other's code, with an emphasis on pair programming from day one. Habitual collaborative learning engenders a deeper understanding of one's progress whilst working together to write cleaner code.
Self-motivation and self-discipline have been intrinsic to my coding journey. Makers catalysed the development of these attributes with its emphasis on self-led learning in preparation for everyday life as a programmer. Whilst working in Cabinet Office, I sought connections with Government Digital Service to network with software engineers and learn more about what it takes to be a programmer.
| Name | Description | Tech/tools |
|---|---|---|
| Tenant Talk | A web app allowing users to rate their rental. Users can sign up, log in/out, search properties, create a review and upload photos | MERN plus Tailwind, Jest, Cypress (deployed with Docker) |
| Stock Portfolio Tracker | A web app allowing users to make informed investment decisions by viewing stocks and managing their portfolio/s according to their performance | JavaScript, Node.js, Vue.js, Jest (building into a MEVN stack) |
| Footwear Retailer PLP | A Product Listings Page (PLP) for a software company providing an ecommerce platform for retailers | Vue.js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Cypress, Render |
| Bank System | A program simulating a bank: users can make deposits and withdrawals before printing a bank statement | JavaScript, Node.js, Jest |
Highly selective 16-week programming course focusing on:
- Object-Oriented Programming and software design
- Pair programming
- Agile methodologies
- Test-driven development
- Software craftsmanship
- Ruby, JavaScript, React.js, Node.js
- PostgreSQL, MongoDB
- RSpec, Jest, Cypress
- Master of Science in Human Rights: Merit
- BA (Hons) Global Health and Social Medicine: First Class Honours (1:1)
- Associate of King's College London (AKC) with Dean's Commendation
- A Levels: Psychology (A), Sociology (A) and English Literature (B)
- Extended Project Qualification (A*)
Freelance Software Engineer (April 2023 - present)
- Building a PostgreSQL database for a client at an oil rig company
- Building an ecommerce website to allow users to custom build their own cardboard boxes (with JavaScript, Node.js, Three.js, HTML and CSS)
Policy Officer at Cabinet Office (June 2022 - January 2023)
- Aiding the development and implementation of policy work in central government to ensure that ministerial objectives are met
- Shadowing software engineers in the Government Digital Service to learn more about the software engineering lifecycle
Policy and Research Officer at Stay Safe East (July 2019 - June 2022)
- Managing the organisation's website on the frontend and conducting research (quantitative and qualitative) to inform national domestic abuse policy
- Building relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including peers in the House of Lords, to shape the passage of the Domestic Abuse Bill through Parliament
Rider Operations Associate at Deliveroo (November 2015 - March 2018)
- Interviewing candidates and managing new cyclist onboarding for Deliveroo
- Working with the Global Ops team to deliver technological improvements to rider experience whilst ensuring compliance and legal requirements are met
- Tech meetups, particularly those held by organisations striving to diversify the tech field
- Travel (I seem to have taken a real shining to Scandinavia in particular)