Experience

Software Engineer - Sky/Comcast (Nov 2022 - Present)

  • Looking after an internal (CMS) that’s used by editors in London. This is a core application used by editors to create stories on high tragic websites such as Sky News and Sky Sports.
  • Technical Project management: owned end-to-end delivery of multiple projects including backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, task estimation and Jira board management. Also worked with product managers and engineering leadership to define MVP scope and delivery targets.
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD strategies, streamlining deployment processes across multiple projects using Circle CI, GitHub Actions and AWS Code Build.
  • Collaborated with product managers and stakeholders to define technical requirements and improve platform reliability. Also, regularly presented technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders within the company.
  • Collaborate closely with both internal and external stakeholders to design and implement architectural diagrams and solutions that align with the company’s scaling and reliability goals. Also organised demos to explain solutions to non technical teams.
  • Led the architecture, planning and delivery of a greenfield AWS search application, collaborating with 3+ cross functional teams. The application uses CDK to create infrastructure in AWS. Used a wide range of services such as S3, DynamoDB, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, Lambdas, API Gateway, VPC, etc.
  • Experience with mentoring a team of junior graduates that joined the software engineering academy.
  • Experience with security tools e.g. container security and vulnerability scanning. Also done some internal training on secure code practises.

Associate Software Engineer (Oct 2019 – Nov 2022)

  • Worked closely with product and technical teams within the Sky Sports department to rebuild the Horse Racing Website using newer tech.

  • Completing coursework and dedicating time to complete my degree modules alongside work

  • Regularly attending team ceremonies and pair with more senior team members

  • Created a custom GCP Cloud Function to periodically delete data from firebase.

Apprentice Software Engineer (Apr 2018 - Sep 2019)

  • Working towards an ICT Level 4 development qualification as part of Sky’s Software Engineering Academy whilst gaining on the job training and experience.