Experience

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  Green energy options

  Jul 2009 - Jul 2011

  Ui developer

  Working within the design team to discuss and develop functionality for the platform and use JavaScript, HTML & CSS to implement the agreed specifications whilst maintaining interface documentation.Taking user-interface documentation and designs and building the platform using the latest web technologies whilst maintaining backwards compatibility with older browsers.Implementing innovating front-end functionality using jQuery, CSS/CSS3 and HTML/HTML5.Using jQuery to create re-useable code that can be injected into multiple projects.Creating multi-user web applications at regular intervals for testing and user-acceptance testing.Using subversion to create controlled and automated tested source code.Managing multiple web based applications simultaneously.Using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to demonstrate new user-interface ideas. Show less

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  E4education - part of juniper education

  Jul 2011 - May 2013

  Ui developer & project manager

  Designing and writing new features by hand and implementing them using HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScriptImplemented and maintained agile development within the company. Turned quarterly releases into 2/3 week releasesImplemented a MV* JavaScript framework into the project to maintain future developmentDeveloped and supported web applications with a fast turnaround on bug fixesAdded QUnit and Selenium testing to front end codeManaged and aided development team to meet targets and deadlinesWorked within the design team to discuss and develop functionality for the products and use JavaScript, HTML & CSS to implement the agreed specifications whilst maintaining documentationCreate requirements, user story’s and end user documentationImplementing innovating front-end functionality using JQuery, Backbone.js, underscore.js, PHP, CSS/CSS3 and HTML/HTML5 (i.e HTML5 Drag and Drop & File API).Developed modularised code to create re-useable widgets used throughout projects.Using multiple design patterns to create reusable methods, objects and classes used throughout projects.Implementing coding structure to projects for future maintaining Show less

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  Comparethemarket

  Mar 2013 - Oct 2019

  • Looking into the future for our web applications and architecture, reviewing future technology and setting roadmaps for the business. Spiking out proof of concept ideas and steering direction for full stack applications.• Communicating with Senior Stakeholders and Technical teams. Setting clear direction, goals, and objectives for the team, with desired architecture and supporting ways of working.• Leading a cross-functional team.• Defining standards across the business. (Performance budgets, Code standards, Application Architecture).• Mentoring technical leads with leadership and technical skills.• Mentoring all levels of developers with code reviews, training & one to ones.• Delivered multiple full stack applications using NodeJS, React all hosted in AWS using Docker with automated deployments integrated within a microservices architecture.• Working closely with the team to drive autonomy and motivated team members.• Worked on large scale JavaScript applications. Refactoring, decoupling JavaScript into SOLID, DRY and modular/testable components using TDD/BDD methodology. Improving, fixing and building new features for millions of customers.• Driving the values of TDD & BDD into the team and making sure our applications are tested, automated and secure.• Successfully introduced and lead teams that embrace the InnerSource model. Building components, tools and shared libraries to enhance the development for over 100 developers across CompareTheMarket. Successfully created a culture of shared learning and contribution across teams.• Developed a team to build the standard architecture used for all of CompareTheMarkets journeys (10+), with shared components and complex JavaScript modules. Show less Leading teams of talented developers, building full stack JavaScript applications with React & Node hosted in Docker on AWS. Introduced React to comparethemarket which is now used on most Products, and lead a team building modules and components shared across the business. Which enabled us to speed our delivery to market and standardise our applications across the business through inner source patterns.Lead developer on the new Bike and Car journeys built with microservices. Shaping and refining backlogs, building a reusable architecture & upskilling developers.Lead teams building and delivering new greenfield projects using microservices and new applications built with ES6/ES7, React, Redux, AWS, and Docker.Actively engaged and contributed to user story workshops, planning sessions, retrospectives and backlog refinement.Agile and lean evangelist making sure the team continued to grow and explore new ways of working.Coaching and mentoring developers across the organisation through training and mentoring. Show less

  • Application Architect

    Jun 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Technical Lead

    Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Mar 2014 - Jun 2016

  • Software Engineer

    Mar 2013 - Mar 2014
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  Deadhappy

  Oct 2019 - Sept 2021

  Technical lead

  • Developed and delivered new Architecture and Full stack solutions to move away from monolithic applications into small micro-services and Event Driven Architecture hosted in AWS.• Built scalable serverless solutions within AWS using Services such as Lambda, SNS, SQS, EventBridge.• Built and standardised various NextJS micro front ends using GraphQL & Apollo.• Built standard infrastructure as code solutions for the team (CDK and Terraform), allowing the team to spin up solutions, spikes and concepts easily.• Refactoring, decoupling JavaScript into SOLID, DRY and modular/testable components using TDD/BDD methodology. Improving, fixing and building new features.• Looking into the future for our web applications and architecture, reviewing future technology and setting roadmaps for the business. Spiking out proof of concept ideas and steering direction for full stack applications.• Standardised KPIs, Monitoring and Alerting within the product and technology team.• Communicating with Senior Stakeholders and Technical teams. Setting clear direction, goals and objectives for the team, with desired architecture and supporting ways of working.• Leading a team of developers within an Agile Environment ensuring we deliver in a continuous development and delivery environment.• Mentoring all levels of developers with code reviews, training & one to ones.• Working closely with the team to drive autonomy and motivated team members.• Developed multiple services in NodeJS hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). • Using Pair Programming and TDD/BDD to drive code quality and maintainability across projects. Show less

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  Postman

  Sept 2021 - Apr 2022

  Open technologies at postman (asyncapi initiative)

  • Worked on Open Source full time, focused on Event architecture and asynchronous APIs• Built visualiser for AsyncAPI Studio• Working with community to build future for Async APIs• Reviewing issues and pull requests for AsyncAPI.• Developer and built EventCatalog (https://www.eventcatalog.dev/),a way for teams to document their event-driven architectures. Currently over 12,000 installs

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  Amazon web services (aws)

  Apr 2022 - Jun 2024

  Senior developer advocate

  Developer Advocate at AWS focusing on Serverless and Event-Driven Architectures.• Designed and developed EDA Visuals. Over 60 visuals to help people learn and understand event-driven architecture. Over 2.5M impressions, 7k downloads on the book.• Ownership of ServerlessLand.com. Increasing traffic 200%+ introduced automation, guides, frameworks and more.• Build a video streaming application called SeverlessVideo to showcase to users how to build event-driven architectures on AWS.• International speaker, speaking at conferences around the world focused on event-driven architecture, serverless, domain-driven design.• Working closely with product teams, bringing customer feedback back from the community into the products• Building workshops, developing guides and writing blog posts to help people learn about event-driven architecture. Show less

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  Wing

  Jun 2024 - now

  Developer advocate

  • Revamped the website and documentation experience for Wing https://www.winglang.io/• Build a new examples page for Wing• Developed and written "Wing by Example" a hands-on introduction to Wing using annotated example programs. • Maintained open source issues and roadmap

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  Eventcatalog

  Jun 2024 - now

  Founder

  My vision is to help companies bring discoverability and governance to event-driven architectures through open source tooling.