Tom
Senior Software Engineer / Engineering Manager
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London/Remote
UK +44 (07365)
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British citizen
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Irish citizen
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Former US resident
Experience
Cabinet Office / Number 10
Short-term contract role where I built a tool that allowed employees in 10 Downing Street to anonymously raise concerns to HR.
Quaestor Technologies
Worked for 24 hours per week at a San Francisco based seed-stage startup.
Hatched Labs
Software Engineer for an consumer-facing grocery shopping and delivery application based in San Francisco.
As team lead I was responsible for leading a team of 8 engineers to complete our app, which was completely built from scratch. It launched in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic panic buying. Our primary customer was a large regional supermarket chain.
willtheygo.com
Developing an automated passive-income football analytical engine. The aim is to develop an API that can be accessed by football websites to provide up to date transfer rumours.
Shipt
Developed Shipt's front end through its Android, iOS and Web applications. Was their first web developer where I helped build their React web app. Shipt was bought by Target for $550m in Dec 2017. Switched team where I would help build their primary product - a mobile app used by millions.
UC Berkeley
Provided academic support to students. The full stack development course teaches common front-end languages in addition to Node, Python, Django, React, React Native, Ruby and Java.
Gobitech AS
Created JavaScript apps at a seed stage tech startup developing a consumer-facing social media app called Gobi. Made an admin interface and a feed for snaps written with Node, Redis and WebSockets.
Goldman Sachs
Worked as a Java developer with the Fixed Income technology team, writing the back-end of key bond/insurance products and front-end web products.
Education
University of Warwick
i.e. "Computer Science & Mathematics"
Blundell's School
Skills
Technical experience with:
JavaScript (ES6, ES7 via Babel), React, Next.js, GraphQL, Apollo, Rust, React Native, Node, UX/UI Design, Jest, Express.js, Astro, OpenGL, Git, MacOS, Linux, Java, Python, Docker, SQL, Dart, Flutter, Ionic, WASM, Haskell, C, AWS, MATLAB
Particularly effective at maintaining team harmony, resolving interpersonal conflicts and problem-solving.