Abubakar Siddique Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

- Proactively identified and resolved critical defects in staging environments, utilising tools such asCharles Proxy to intercept and analyse network traffic and Postman for API testing, significantlyreducing production rollbacks and improving user experience on ITVX.- Created and implemented comprehensive test plans, ensuring full application validation acrossdevices.- Collaborated effectively within Agile teams, maintaining release schedules while minimising risk byproviding early feedback on potential issues.- Systematically analysed test results, establishing root causes of anomalies and communicatingdetailed defect reports, facilitating prompt resolution and enhancing product quality.- Configured and documented new devices, meticulously exploring and mapping user journeys toensure seamless experiences.- Demonstrated a strong ability to reproduce user-reported bugs, providing clear and concisereproduction steps for efficient resolution.- Actively sought to uncover vulnerabilities, adopting a "break it to make it better" mindset in testing.- Proficient in project management tools such as Jira, contributing to effective collaboration and bugtracking within Agile teams.

London, England, United Kingdom

Roles / Responsibilities- Working in an agile squad as a self-managed engineer, taking ownership of the whole workflow- Collaborating with design, QA, BE, PM and stakeholders by identifying concerns early- Writing Unit and Integration tests, in addition to manually testing changes prior to release- Managing feature work in parallel behind feature flags and deploying to AWS- Optimising performance from reducing page reload times, utilising caching & improving CLS scoresAchievements- Worked on delivering the "Car Value Tracker" feature from MVP to Shipped. Implemented thefiltering logic, developed new responsive components, worked with chartjs and dayjs libraries.- Built a custom reusable and accessible toggling password visibility component.- Created well supported email templates, verified against Email on Acid cross browser testing.- Improved SEO rankings by creating a sitemap, optimising landing pages and improving CLS scores flagged in Lighthouse.- Reached top result for “Sell my car” in Google rankings by optimising HTML and building a sitemap.- Added new, reusable components to the shared component library.- Improved test coverage across the codebase in compliance of thresholds set in sonarcloud.Technical Skills- React- JavaScript- Typescript- CSS- SCSSSoft Skills- Self-managing - Problem-solving / Critical thinking- Communication- Collaboration / Teamwork- Patience - Time management

London, England, United Kingdom

A remote 12 week immersive bootcamp where I solidified my understanding of programming and learned about industry best practices. I learned how to build full stack MERN applications, from inception to deployment and worked collaboratively on several projects. This involved daily stand ups, online lessons via Zoom, white boarding, pair coding via VS Code live share and individual projects.*Please go down to the "Accomplishments" section to check out my projects.Areas covered:- Fundamentals- Best practices- Leveraging common design and architectural patterns- Safely modelling and storing data in SQL and NoSQL databases- Consuming and integrating third-party application programming interfaces (APIs) inan application.- Modern JavaScript frameworks such as Angular / React- Deploying applications to the web via cloud-based hosting- Solving algorithmic challenges and analysing the computational complexity ofalgorithms using Big O notation

London

Role / Responsibilities- Supporting the ITV Hub and Britbox applications across all client devices- Handling content delivery and troubleshooting issues- Investigating incidents, gathering data and managing incident communications- Collaborating with cross functional teams and external suppliersAchievements- Slashed the number of major technical incidents per month by proactively engaging with DTC teams and utilising workarounds- Enabling effective communication across the business during incidents by designing and maintaining an incident notification management toolTechnical Skills- Data Analysis- Problem Solving- Application Design

Software Engineering Immersive, Computer Science

Front End Developer - Nanodegree Program, Computer Science

Business Information Systems, Information Technology, 2:2

Key Modules: Web Development Information Systems Development Methodologies Web and Social Media Analytics Other Modules: Requirements.

Education record

Economics, ICT, Psychology

Gcse, 9 Gcses