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London, England, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

We provide variety of services within Marketing and Product Engineering domains.- Paid Social Media Marketing, from setting up and optimising campaigns to advising and training teams.- 360 Quality & Testing services, from building out test automation to mentoring and coaching teams.

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview:- Joined a small but dedicated Cloud Engineering team, initially comprising of two members, and played a part in its growth to three platform engineers.- Collaborated with Platform leadership to establish targeted Q2 objectives (OKRs) aimed at boosting developer productivity, minimising cognitive load, and enhancing knowledge sharing.- Utilised GenAI along with professional experience to formulate an effective slicing strategy for initiatives.- Conducted bi-weekly feedback sessions with stakeholders through open communication, facilitating the incremental and consistent delivery of value.Initiatives:- Led cross-team efforts to optimise CI/CD workflows, resulting in a >33% decrease in workflow time and resolving all existing issues.- Streamlined cross-team collaboration for AWS infrastructure handover, contributing to cost-saving efforts amounting to an additional $52k/month.- Achieved monthly cost optimisation of ~ $3k (ongoing efforts).- Oversaw SOx control management and process compliance.- Handled invoice administration pertaining to AWS and DataDog.People and Teams:- Provided mentorship to engineers seeking to transition to an Engineering Manager role.- Collaboratively developed a Platform Skills Matrix with Leadership and team members, streamlining the interview process.- Introduced a Competency-based 360 feedback system to promote structured personal growth and development (Work in Progress).Lessons Learned:- Acquired hands-on experience in navigating the complexities of SOx audits and reporting.- Discerned and implemented flexible product discovery practices across different teams within the platform and product engineering domains.

London, England, United Kingdom

I joined a stellar product engineering team responsible for the B2C vehicle acquisition system, Cazoo Purchase. Our team has led several cross-functional initiatives, with Automated Provenance Checks being our most significant contribution to the business to date. I played a key role in fostering better alignment between the team and stakeholders by promoting clear and concise communication. This enabled us to prioritize and incrementally deliver value through our initiatives. Additionally, it helped us to quickly identify and mitigate potential risks.Product Initiatives- Automated Provenance Checks - 7% Gross Profit per Unit increase, saved ~£400k per month (saved Customer Service 49 working days per month).- Car Condition Quiz- Launched Part Exchange in the EU- and many moreTech Initiatives- Hexagonal Architecture refactor - streamlined product evolution.- DataDog integration- GitHub Actions migration- PACT Contract Testing POCPeople and Team- Introduced Elephant Carpaccio for efficient task breakdown and focus.- Implemented Event Storming and Story Mapping for improved collaboration and early risk identification; coupled with Elephant Carpaccio for efficient delivery- Introduced Engineering Contacts to empower engineers with initiative ownership, autonomy, and personal development.- Co-developed PDLC playbook based on the Zendesk Triple Diamond model.- Co-developed Competency-based 360 feedback system.- Skills Matrix development for identifying team skills gaps.- Created EM role training resource; helped 2 engineers transition.- Set up AWS training working group; 2 members passed the exam.- Guided 1 Senior Engineer to Principle role and 1 Engineer to Senior role.Lessons learned- Learned OKR formulation, Monte Carlo forecasting, stakeholder mapping, story mapping, and event storming.

London, England, United Kingdom

Joined a highly experienced customer-focused team that looked after the high foot traffic pages and services, seamlessly serving tens of thousands of sessions a day across multiple devices. We owned the search and browser experience starting from the home page to the product details page. I was responsible for championing quality practices and baking them into our teams’ ceremonies.Product Initiatives- Ageing Inventory Carousel: Launched a feature that minimised the depreciation of metal margin and enhanced click-through rates.- Category Pages: Reduced customer acquisition costs by increasing organic traffic and its quality through the launch of category pages.- Car Subscription Product Launch: Accelerated customer offerings by launching a car subscription product in under three months.- Price Flags on VSRP & VDP: Empowered sales teams with the price flags feature, improving sales performance.- Improved Vehicle Imperfection Gallery: Decreased post-sales issues by 25% through enriched vehicle descriptions, consequently reducing customer service contacts and negative Trust Pilot scores.- Email My Quote Feature: Implemented a feature that generated high-quality marketing leadsTeam and Practices:- Collaborative Development: Engaged in pair programming and group coding sessions to construct products while promoting quality practices.- Shift-Left Approach: Cultivated a team mindset focused on early risk identification and mitigation.- Product Development Lifecycle Playbook: Co-developed an initiative playbook tool (utilising Triple Diamond framework) and rolled it out to the Product functionLessons learned- Monte Carlo Forecasting: Acquired proficiency in Monte Carlo forecasting for informed decision-making.- Team Building: Cultivated psychological safety and trust through targeted workshops and practices.- Performance Metrics: Grasped team success measurement and the utilization of DORA metrics for high performance.

London, United Kingdom

Joined a 3-member QA team as Lead, driving quality practices and automation to streamline product delivery. Successfully expanded and managed a cross-regional team of 10 in London and Leeds.Tech & Product Initiatives- Crafted a roadmap for the Quality function and established testing strategies to cater to the product teams and business needs.- Supported Product Teams in testing and rollout of key initiatives such as GDPR compliance, Stripe integration, and Product Package algorithm.- Reduced substantial monthly costs on cloud solutions by implementing an in-house Selenium Grid using Docker, Selenium, and Appium.- Reduced product team's cognitive load and increased time to production by developing and maintaining a test automation framework (for critical user journey paths only), reporting, and other tools.- Developed a load-testing solution using JMeter for the EventGenius RFID ticket scanning solution.- Introduced the Automation in Testing (AiT) function within the product teams and coached Quality Engineers to continually support test automation efforts in collaboration with Software Engineers.- Incorporated test automation into the daily workflow through Slack Bot integration - NodeJS, Semaphore API, Slack API, AWS and BASH.People and Team- Assisted in aligning EventGenius product teams with Festicket's testing and agile practices during a merger.- Apprenticeship program: hired and mentored three apprentices, one of whom advanced to become a lead automation engineer at another company within six months of completing the apprenticeship.- Optimised the product release pipeline by coaching Quality Engineers in our build pipelines and deployment process thus empowering them to also carry out deployments.- Introduced various quality practices such as pair testing/programming, exploratory testing, risk-based testing, and cross-team testing, among other agile and testing practices.

Southwark, London

• Developed and maintained 100% end-to-end automated UI checks coverage in JavaScript (Web and API), Swift (iOS), Java (Android and other) using either Selenium, WebDriverIO, XCTest, SuperTest, Appium and other frameworks/libraries.• Coached QA Team by running regular Lunch and Learn as well as Workshops. Covering variety of subjects, such as Exploratory Testing, Git/GitHub, Infrastructure, Automation, Development etc.• Participated at each stage of products/features lifecycle and provided feedback about potential risks.• Developed flexible checklists for features to be tested and carried out exploratory testing sessions.• Updated supported browsers/devices list based on tailored formula and Google Analytics.• Implemented tools, techniques and technology we can use to ensure quality product is shipped efficiently.• Prepared releases on JIRA and GitHub, creating release notes and conducted pre/post release testing.• Conducted bi-weekly system deployments via Empire (aws).

London, United Kingdom

• Manage, maintain and continuously develop the test suite and infrastructure – Selenium, NUnit and Hyper-V.• Manage, maintain and improve CI/CD processes – TFS, MSBUILD and Octopus Deploy.• Manage, maintain and improve the system software and hardware infrastructure.• Provide training and develop the team’s technical skills – primarily QA, testing and domain knowledge.• Support the development team with expert testing skills and knowledge.• Provide expert QA knowledge throughout SDLC.

London, United Kingdom

• Took on client on-boarding project management role – on top of QA role.• Improved and documented client on-boarding processes.• Produced specific and template project schedules (Gantt Charts) for on-boarding using Visio.• Held daily catch-ups with clients and account managers.• Grew QA Team and provided necessary training to peers.• Implemented the Octopus Deploy platform into the deployment process.• Produced guides for testing, build and deployment processes and infrastructure.• Project Managed University projects for professional pathway colleagues.

London, United Kingdom

• Set up Coded UI Test suite and testing infrastructure.• Design and develop automated functional regression and data testing using Coded UI Test Framework.• Implemented a deployment process using Powershell.• Support system software and hardware infrastructure for QA and Development team.• Resolve system issues, log internal issues and document manual test plans using TFS.• Improve working processes within the team by pitching ideas.

London, United Kingdom

Duties included:Maintain SQL Server Databases: - Set-up Maintenance Plans - Build Reports using RDL - Create Stored ProceduresMaintain Client Application - Resolve issues - Troubleshoot IT equipment and SoftwareProvide Client Support: - System Set-up - Face to face support - Over the phone supportSystem QA - Create test cases - Test functionalityBack Up\Set-up Office PCs & Client Servers: - Norton Ghost Backup - IIS Website Setup

London, United Kingdom

This role represents the beginning of my journey into the tech sector, facilitated by the Professional Pathway program at City University. This exceptional opportunity enabled me to obtain hands-on experience while concurrently acquiring academic knowledge, effectively bridging the gap between theoretical concepts and practical implementation in the dynamic realm of technology.Products I contributed to:- Frameworki- eCAFNoteworthy features I contributed to:A digital pen designed for use by our clients on specialized forms, streamlining the process of digitising form data and eliminating the need to manually transfer written information to their systems. This innovation not only saved time but also positively impacted the environment by reducing paper and ink consumption among our clients.Primary responsibilities:- Rectifying bugs and developing features for the aforementioned productsAdditional tasks:- Addressing and resolving technical issues- Troubleshooting IT equipment and software