Engineering Team Lead with over ten years of experience building and working in agile teams developing large-scale commercial applications, including three years of line management. An empathic leader passionate about cultivating outstanding company culture that attracts, hires and grows great engineers.Frontend knowledge and experience using HTML5, CSS3 and Responsive Web Design, JavaScript (ReactJS, Redux, jQuery and AngularJS), TDD (Jest, Enzyme, Mocha, Karma) and design patterns including MVVM, MVC and React Redux. Also A/B testing using Sitespect, Optimizely and VWO.Experience designing and building iOS apps using Objective-C.Backend development skills including REST and SOAP API design and integration, Node.js and Express, SQL, Mongo, database design and CMS solutions.DevOps experience including GCP and AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Network Management and Security.Growing experience of designing large scale distributed systems using best practices including Domain Driven Design, Microservices and Event-driven Systems.Experience managing development teams of up to ten people, including day to day management of timelines and prioritisation, mentorship, setting objectives, performance review and performance improvement. Worked in Agile teams using SCRUM, SAFE, FDD and XP. Certified SCRUM Master and SCRUM Product Owner.Experience in Product Ownership including liaising with stakeholders, conducting requirements gathering workshops, specifying user stories and roadmapping. Also experience identifying MVP, coordinating large projects spread over several remote teams, communicating technical issues clearly to both technical and non-technical colleagues and creating product specifications. I'm passionate about Kendo, Japanese Fencing, and regularly compete with team mates in national and international tournaments. Most recently, our team won Silver at the Melbourne Kendo Cup and Bronze at the Rembuden Taikai in Wellington. I recently passed my 1st Dan after three years of preparation.I’m also passionate about good mental health and have fundraised over $6,600 for the Mental Health Foundation in bake sales and sponsorship to run both the Hackney Half Marathon and the London Marathon. I’m currently volunteering with Predator Free Karori and as Secretary of Yōshinkan Kendo Club.
Listed skills include Objective C, Ios Development, Angularjs, Javascript, and 43 others.