About

I’m a full stack Lead Software Engineer with 15+ years experience developing and architecting software solutions. I’m proficient in a wide range of languages and technologies and I’m experienced in building cloud-hosted and Kubernetes-hosted distributed systems.

After working as a contractor for many years at companies including Sky and Sainsbury’s, I’m now employed full time leading a team of engineers as a Lead Software Engineer at Sky Betting and Gaming.

Technologies

Technologies I’m currently working with on a day-to-day basis:

• AWS
• Kubernetes / Docker
• TypeScript / Node.js / JavaScript / React
• Kafka
• Kotlin
• MySQL
• Terraform
• Redis
• PHP
• Go

Other Tech: Objective-C, Python, Java, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Ansible, Chef

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Away From Work

• I’m a semi-professional sports photographer and big football (West Ham) fan.
• I’m building a local-first smart home based on MQTT and Home Assistant.
• I love to travel and I’ve visited over 40 countries.
• I’m renovating a 1960’s time capsule of a home with my wife.
• I (badly) play the guitar.
• I’m Dad to an incredible little boy, Theodore.

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Computer Science
• ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (In Progress)