Daniel Howlett

Daniel Howlett

Software Engineer

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  • About me

    Technical Specialist at Bluesmith Information Systems

  • Education

    • The University of Huddersfield

      2012 - 2016
      Bachelor’s Degree Computer Games Programming Graduated with first-class honours
  • Experience

    • Web Applications UK Ltd

      Jun 2014 - Jun 2015
      Software Engineer

      Web Applications UK specialises in creating bespoke travel reservation software. One of my main responsibilities was carrying out customisations of this software, where each client's system was different from the last. This often involved database, server-side and client-side changes. As such I was exposed to a range of technologies all across the development stack and gained valuable insight into how these different layers work together. The primary technologies/languages used were T-SQL, VBScript/Classic ASP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript (typically using jQuery).In order to ensure consistency in the quality of my own and other developers' work, I regularly performed unit testing of my own code, as well as code reviews and peer testing. Part of this was taking into account standards set by individual clients, such as how dates should be formatted or how UI elements should look. Additionally, internal coding and documentation procedures had to be followed for the purpose of maintainability.Beyond development work, I was also responsible for support issues which involved fixing any bugs found by clients in their system. This meant utilising my problem solving skills along with my programming knowledge to determine the most likely cause of the issue and then decide upon an appropriate solution. As part of this, I had to liaise with clients and colleagues in order to ensure that the proposed solution was acceptable and if it wasn't, work to identify a more agreeable solution. Show less

    • Bluesmith Information Systems

      Jul 2016 - now
      Technical Specialist

      Technical Specialist at Bluesmith Information Systems which specialises in bespoke systems for Blue Chip and government clients. We design, build and support bespoke applications, and take on terabyte-scale Data Engineering and B.I. problems.

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  • Volunteer Experience

    • STEM Ambassador

      Issued by STEMNET on Jul 2014
      STEMNETAssociated with Daniel Howlett