A software development engineer with over 15 years’ experience working across a range of industries, that produces quality, engaging and effective experiences.
Experience
2019 – Present
Senior Software Development Engineer
Travelport
- Lead a delivery team of six engineers
- Apply Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe) practices, including daily stand-ups, Kanban boards, refinement and planning sessions
- Follow Test-driven development (TDD) and Behaviour-driven development (BDD) processes
- Develop with React, Redux, and TypeScript
- Test with Jest, Gherkin, and Cucumber
- Familiar with BrowserStack, Kubernetes, GitHub, and Azure DevOps and Portal.
2015 – 2019
Web Development Manager
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- Managed the development of the MODx CMS and main website
- Responsible for a budget of 1.2 million CNY (~135k GBP/150k EUR/180k USD)
- Set the web performance budget, monitored analytics, and evaluated website
- Grew organic search traffic by 25%, mobile visits by 20%, and reduced page load time by 7%
- Translated business objectives into technical requirements.
2013 – 2015
Web Designer
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
- Responsible for the maintenance of the China and Malaysia campus websites
- Increased China campus website visitors by 11% and organic search traffic by 122% by quality controlling the content
- Used website analytics to identify student recruitment opportunities
- Implemented consistent branding across online and digital platforms.
2009 – 2013
Creative Web Developer
The University of Sheffield
- Developed the Polopoly CMS and other internal systems and platforms
- Rewrote website front-end code to the latest HTML5 standards with micro-formats
- Created campaign and research micro-sites using WordPress and static HTML
- Produced analysis reports evaluating campaign success against KPIs
- Designed and delivered Google Analytics training programme.
2006 – 2008
Front-end Developer
MyKnowledgeMap
- Created user-friendly, attractive and cross-platform compatible e-learning applications
- Translated Photoshop and Illustrator designs into functional webpages
- Contributed to requirements analysis and writing specification material
- Developed wireframes and storyboards
- Established a common naming convention and vocabulary for code across applications.
Education
2006
BSc (Hons) Web Development
Teesside University