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Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Agile development of .NET technologies for the finance and credit industry.Collaborated with cross-functional teams using the Agile Engineering Model to deliver high-quality software solutions.Implemented security enhancements following Equifax guidelines to safeguard sensitive financial data.Revamped legacy codebase and developed new applications to improve system performance and maintainability.Wrote reusable, testable code adhering to SOLID principles, with a strong emphasis on unit testing+ Languages & Frameworks: C#, .NET, .NET Core, Web API, SQL+ Cloud Technologies: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)+ DevOps & Tools: OctopusDeploy, Git, Jenkins, Jira+ Front-End Development: HTML, Javascript, JQuery, CSS+ Testing Frameworks: NUnit, NSubstitute, Autofixture, FluentAssertions+ Message Brokers & Security: RabbitMQ, Vault by HashiCorp, Fortify scans+ Accessibility Implementation: ARC Toolkit (for customers with disabilities)

Southampton

Development of PCI compliant payment and loyalty solutions used nationally to retail and fuel industries, including Exxon, Esso, Tesco & Morrisons supermarkets. Large database and software development requiring zero downtime and robust software updates. Full life cycle development using of Agile, Test Driven Development to a design specification.

Dunstable

Development of a customer management system for a Car financing company to manage customers and various financial considerations. Leveraging dependency injection and unit testing with a WPF front end, implemented using a SQL back end server.

Grantham

Successfully developed software solutions from conception through to release, including all documentation, design development and testing for reliable and efficient solutions. Various tool sets used to aid development and decrease overall costs. I was involved in several projects ranging from successfully deployed solutions used in rugged environments as well as in house solutions.

Newmarket

A four month contract to develop and maintain broker software used in house for the insurance market. I successfully developed a stock control application using SQL Server back end and C# user interface, which gave users the ability to effectively manage all of Renew’s various stock of insurance policy documentation.

Nottingham

Six month contract working on a client/server architecture driven mobility solution using C# and SQL. To develop customer improvements to software, writing software from a specification through to release.

Derby, England, United Kingdom

Nine month contract to develop software implementing a client/server architecture using C# and SQL designed for remote workers to interact with proprietary software remotely both effectively and effortless.

Nottingham

Successfully involved in the full software development lifecycle for a complex warehouse management solution for Boots Plc, responsible for the management and redistribution of stock for stores nationwide. Working closely with the customers, writing software specifications and requirements. Writing user interfaces, services and back end.