Sophie McFarlane

Experience

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  Degree 53

  Jul 2018 - Jan 2018

  Work Experience

  I did two weeks work experience with Degree 53, mainly working with Android Studio to produce an app that recreated my own version of a music streaming service using the Spotify API. I worked on responsive design to ensure it worked on any Android device whilst maintaining functionality.

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  Durham University

  Oct 2018 - Nov 2019

  I umpired up to 6 games on a weekly basis. This involved being responsible for the health and safety of all players whilst enforcing the rules. I assisted the College Sport Coordinator in managing the umpires and college captains on a weekly basis. This involved informing around 100 participants about the logistics and expectations expected of them to ensure fixtures ran smoothly. It was my responsibility to communicate between my team mates and coaches so we all strived for the same common goal. The role involved decision making on match days, organisation and problem solving from day to day to ensure we all got where we needed to be on time and worked as a unit.

  • Netball Umpire

    Nov 2017 - Nov 2019

  • Netball College Co-ordinator

    Oct 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Netball 1st Team Captain

    Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
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  Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd

  Jun 2019 - Oct 2023

  Responsible for the delivery of all technical services at the major sporting events across the world for Badminton & Volleyball including the Birmingham 2022 CWG, Volleyball Nations League and the Badminton World Federation tour.Responsible for the testing, implementation and roll-out of new software and hardware across the department. Responsible for the delivery of all technical services at the major sporting events across the world for Badminton & Volleyball including the Birmingham 2022 CWG, Volleyball Nations League and the Badminton World Federation tour. Worked on medical services in Rugby to prevent concussions, TMO in Rugby to help officiate games, ball tacking services for line calling in Volleyball and replay services in Basketball. Freelancing Rugby Medical Services and Remote Tennis Production whilst completing my final year studies. I worked at global sporting events on medical services in Rugby to help prevent and recognise concussions early, citing services to recognise foul play, tracking services for line calling and remote production using robotic heads.

  • Badminton & Volleyball Senior Technical Lead

    Jan 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Badminton & Volleyball Technical Lead

    Nov 2021 - Jan 2023

  • SMART Sports System Operator

    Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Sport Systems Operator

    Jul 2020 - Jun 2021

  • SMART Sports System Operator Placement

    Jun 2019 - Jun 2020
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  Catapult

  Oct 2023 - now

  I work across manual and automation testing for cross-platform desktop apps for our pro-video solutions. This includes video analysis and data manipulation applications. I am responsible for writing Squish automation in Python, maintaining CI/CD pipelines in TeamCity, maintaining test cases in TestRail, and being involved with all aspects of Agile methodology.

  • Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Associate Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

    Oct 2023 - Feb 2025