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Edinburgh, Scotland, Gb

United Kingdom

Hands-on leader for a team of engineers working on advanced git workflows and AI-driven documentation generation.Responsible for all aspects of delivery including the infrastructure and CI/CD setup.Building a multi-language stack with Terraform, NodeJS, Rust, Python and React.Creating architecture overviews of the project then building systems to automatically generate architecture overviews of any project.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Transformed multinational enterprise workspace management by implementing cutting-edge co-location algorithms and analytics, optimizing desk booking and enhancing team cohesion through expertly planned social events.Led and coordinated dynamic front-end and back-end development teams dispersed across various time zones, overseeing end-to-end application prototyping.Optimised user experience by seamlessly integrating booking systems with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and Slack, while leveraging multiple vendor APIs to ensure real-time availability.Integrating with customer SSO processes.Enhanced security measures by spearheading the company's journey towards ISO 27001:2022 certification, establishing a robust foundation for data protection.Streamlined financial operations by successfully integrating banking APIs, managing incoming subscriptions, and facilitating seamless outgoing payments to vendors.

Technical leader for HERE Transport & Logistics. Responsible for development across the full stack from firmware to cloud services and back again.My role involves guiding the various teams' development plans to align with each other and the aims of the business by working closely with the leads of the engineering teams and stakeholders outside T&L. I also head up R&D of various innovation projects such as integrating real-time location tracking with blockchain supply chain solutions.Hands-on technical leadership for a business group encompassing multiple agile development teams – cloud, web, mobile, device firmware – across multiple development sites and timezones.Led a 2-month programme of internal and external training and customer meetings in Japan to increase visibility of HERE Tracking and HERE Positioning across the APAC region.

Lead architect for multiple real-time big data products. Responsible for the design and long-term technological strategy for scalable cloud solutions while continuing to be hand-on in the development process.Involved with customers and partners on product topics as well as to prototype and innovate cloud solutions.

Berlin, Germany

Lead architect of the HERE real-time data platform enabling nearby location intelligence and third-party content integration. Senior technical lead working on consumer innovations while building a strong foundation across many key technology areas.

Berlin Area, Germany

Technical Lead for the HERE Consumer Innovations team working on high-traffic client/server applications and prototyping product ideas for future web and mobile apps.Backend services built with Node.JS and deployed using an automated pipeline on AWS.Client apps developed for Android, iOS and web.Application architecture, design, development and general “How things should work” person.Leading by example the development, testing and continuous integration of multiple REST server projects.Working with Marketing, Business Development and UX to develop the product and the product strategy.Leading an agile team of test-driven developers while keeping a focus on the end-user requirements.

Berlin

Tech lead and engineering manager for a rapid prototyping team within here.comOrganising internal and external tech talks and writing posts for the Nokia Developer BlogEncouraging and teaching developers to engage with the developer communityDeveloping early prototypes of concepts that informed the design and ideation teams about future product direction — one example is the HERE+Leap integration of HERE maps with the Leap Motion device.

Berlin Area, Germany

Senior front-end engineer for a site with millions of monthly usersDeveloping the City and Place pages which created a huge SEO increase for the site resulting in increased user traffic.

Founder and chief factory-floor worker of a growing web, iPhone and iPad app development company.

Main technical lead and contact for online digital projects including the web presence and social media outlets.

Scheduling workflow through the digital team, assigning projects to various members of the team. Writing technical specifications for projects.

Middle-end developer working on both front-end and back-end aspects of projects as necessary.

Designed and developed a variety of original and classic games for mobile phones and online games portals.