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experience

professional journey

My professional experience in software development, from self-taught beginnings to working across diverse companies and learning new skills with each role.

Senior Software Engineer

PensionBee

Jan 2024 - Present

  • Led AI adoption initiatives across engineering — developed AI-powered documentation and test-generation tooling, demonstrated AI-assisted workflows to engineers, and co-ran an AI-focused hackday that catalysed cross-team adoption
  • Led architecture and delivery of the complete customer withdrawals journey rewrite (legacy → React/Next.js), leading two mid-level developers and collaborating across Product, UX, Banking, and Compliance. Delivered a company-wide architecture presentation
  • Diagnosed organisational issues from technical symptoms — an eight-page report shared with engineering leadership on joining. Championed psychological safety and advocated for mislevelled engineers (both progressed); subsequently redeployed across teams as a senior resource on the strength of the pattern
  • Architected the Node.js v16→v20 migration strategy for a platform serving 30+ developers; co-created the shared React component library replacing fragmented UK/US libraries; introduced the first E2E tests to the hybrid mobile app via a containerised Docker test flow
ReactTypeScriptNext.jsReact NativeNode.jsGoPythonHerokuBitrisePostgresDockerCloudflare Workers

Software Engineering Manager

PensionBee

Aug 2023 - Jan 2024

  • A deliberate five-month exploration of the management track: organised an engineering-function-wide hackathon, led mini-hackdays exploring new business problems, and contributed to engineering management strategy and salary benchmarking
  • Chose to return to senior IC work afterwards — management was useful context, but depth is where I compound
Team LeadershipAgile MethodologiesEngineering ManagementTechnical StrategyCross-functional Collaboration

Senior Software Engineer

PensionBee

Oct 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Led development of key product features including mandatory two-factor authentication and regular drawdown options; strengthened login security against brute-force and DDoS vulnerabilities
  • Designed and led React, Redux, and React Native training, and maintained an engineering problem-areas report fed back to leadership
JavaScriptReactReact NativeTypeScriptCSSSCSS/SassNode.jsHerokuBitrisePostgresSalesforceRactive

Software Engineer II

Puppet

Apr 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Built and maintained React applications with GraphQL APIs for enterprise configuration management tools
  • Worked with containerized applications deployed on Kubernetes in GCP environments
  • Implemented comprehensive testing strategies using Jest, Enzyme, and Nightwatch.js for reliable deployments
JavaScriptReactJestWebpackGraphQLApolloNode.jsCSSSCSS/SassJenkinsDockerKubernetesGCPEnzymeNightwatch.js

Software Engineer II

BazaarVoice

Mar 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Built React applications for customer review and rating platforms using Redux for state management
  • Implemented robust testing strategies with Jest, Enzyme, Jasmine, and WebdriverIO for reliable product releases
  • Worked with GraphQL APIs and Apollo client to deliver smooth user experiences
JavaScriptReactReduxRedux SagaJestEnzymeJasmineWebdriverIOWebpackGraphQLApolloNode.jsCSSSCSS/SassLernaJenkinsDocker

Software Engineer

ShopKeep

Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Built React applications for point-of-sale systems serving thousands of small businesses
  • Developed backend services using Ruby, Sinatra, and Rails for payment processing and inventory management
  • Implemented AWS Lambda functions and ElasticSearch integrations for real-time data processing
JavaScriptReactJestEnzymeJasmineWebpackGraphQLApolloNode.jsCSSSCSS/SassJenkinsDockerElasticSearchAWSLambdasPythonRubySinatraRailsRspec

Junior Software Engineer

ShopKeep

Jun 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Started my journey building JavaScript and React applications for retail technology solutions
  • Collaborated with backend teams on API integrations and learned the ropes of professional software development
  • Participated in agile development processes and got hands-on experience with continuous integration workflows
JavaScriptReactJestEnzymeJasmineWebpackNode.jsCSSSCSS/SassJenkinsDockerPythonRuby