Ilyas Benmouna

Ilyas benmouna

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineer for Ocado Technology.

  • Education

    • Barking abbey school

      2009 - 2016
      Maths, further maths and physics a*aa
    • Ucl

      2017 - 2020
      Bsc mathematics and physics
  • Experience

    • Boost education

      Sept 2014 - Sept 2017
      Mathematics and science tutor

      Tutored children aged 7-18 in Mathematics and Sciences, both privately and at tuition centers. I had to run a small classroom and ensure that all children were doing work and learning. I ensured that the children were always improving that I was tracking the children’s progress to give feedback to them and their parents.

    • Imperial college london

      Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
      Research work experience

      Shadowed and took part in current research that part in Imperial College London physics department, in particular, solid state physics. Undertook research project with a partner and presented my findings to a group of students and professors.

    • Kpmg uk

      Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
      Work experience

      Shadowed data scientist and cloud operations engineer. Experienced writing code in Python and SQL to solve competition on Kaggle. Shadowed partner, Shamus Rae, advising him on his new startup and carried out research for him on upcoming technology by Professor Hinton prior to an upcoming interview.

    • Ucl

      Sept 2019 - Jun 2020

      Worked at various summer schools and open days helping and guiding students about university and their route to university. Presented to 100+ students in a UCL widening participation scheme. Ensuring all health and safety guidelines were met. Helped with first year students transition into UCL and their mathematics degrees. Helped students with weekly homework me and gave them advice on how to do well in their degrees, whilst encouraging them to take part in many extracurricular activities.

      • Student Ambassador

        Jan 2018 - Jun 2020
      • Transition Mentor

        Sept 2019 - Dec 2019
    • Students'​ union ucl

      Jul 2020 - Jul 2022
      Activities and engagement officer
    • Ocado technology

      Sept 2022 - now
      Software engineer

      Placement 1- Resolved design system tickets using CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS, and TypeScript in a front-end productivity team.- Analyzed developer idle time and optimized webpack configurations, reducing dev server loading times and enhancing productivity.- Presented team achievements to the department, showcasing improved development processes.Placement 2- Led the consolidation of three React frontend and Java backend applications into a single web application.- Utilized responsive web design for optimal performance across various screen sizes.- Implemented robust error handling and integrated it into the React UI using Redux for state management.Placement 3- Contributed to transitioning to vector search by defining software and architecture adjustments for - OpenSearch serverless knn search.- Orchestrated A/B tests with feature-flagged endpoints for AI-driven synonyms and implemented efficient caching mechanisms.- Integrated department-wide feature flags into search term libraries via a configuration provider interface in STP.Placement 4- Migrated from Cypress to Playwright for end-to-end and screenshot testing, writing and running tests in the CI/CD pipeline using Docker containers.- Migrated over 1000 SVG icons in the app to the FontAwesomeIcons package, implementing changes behind a feature flag.- Developed a feature to assign shipments to buffer lanes and vehicles, analyzing departmental APIs for accurate information and designing the UI from Figma designs.- Served as tech lead for the project, explaining the technical approach and guiding other engineers in implementation. Show less

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