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[ Full Stack Web Engineer | Cloud & Serverless Architect ]
[ West Midlands, UK ]
I design and build scalable, secure, and event-driven web systems.
My work blends deep AWS cloud automation with pragmatic full-stack engineering.
Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in building scalable, event-driven web systems for e-Commerce, Incentives & Recognition, Channel Success and Marketing platforms.
I specialise in AWS cloud automation, serverless architecture, and full-stack development, with a focus on mentoring teams and leading cross-functional projects.
- Languages: Python, JavaScript, Perl, Bash, Lua, PHP, Ruby
- Frontend: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery responsive UI integration
- Backend: RESTful APIs, Serverless Functions, Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices
- Frameworks: Flask, FastAPI, Ruby on Rails
- Databases: NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, RDBMS design and tuning
- Systems: Linux, POSIX, sFTP, SMTP, SSH administration
- Version Control: Git, SVN
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions
- IaC: AWS CloudFormation, Serverless Application Model (SAM)
- Monitoring & Observability: CloudWatch, DataDog, Grafana, New Relic, Insights Dashboards
- Automation: Serverless deployments, CI/CD pipelines, IaC workflows, Swagger/OpenAPI
- Compute: Lambda, EKS, ECS, Fargate, Docker
- Infrastructure: CloudFormation, Template Transformer Macros
- Messaging: SNS, SQS
- Security: IAM policy design and least-privilege management
- APIs: API Gateway, RESTful API design and implementation
- Monitoring: CloudWatch, X-Ray, structured logging
- Storage: S3, RDS, DynamoDB
- Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) with Cucumber / Gherkin
- Event-driven and modular architecture design
- Testable, observable systems
- Project lead on data suite engineering
- Cloud-native refactoring of legacy systems
- Secure API integration and orchestration
- Automated infrastructure provisioning
- Distributed messaging and data pipelines
360insights | Senior Software Engineer | 20201 - Present
- CR Worldwide acquired by 360insights in 2020. 1
- Lead engineer of an agile development team, delivering cloud-native solutions.
- Mentored team members, fostering technical growth and collaboration.
- Automated deployment processes using CI/CD pipelines.
- Designed and implemented scalable, event-driven architectures using AWS services.
Corporate Rewards / CR Worldwide | Software Engineer | 2016 - 20201
- Received multiple internal accolades, including Innovator of the Year 2018.
- Built plugins for bespoke MediaWiki documentation platform.
- Developed internal tools for data processing and reporting.
- Led the design, development, and deployment of microservice-based systems supporting cross-platform integrations.
- Built and maintained modular services in Python, JavaScript, for custom business logic via RESTful APIs.
- Deployed and optimised these services on AWS, improving scalability, maintainability, and performance.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to modernise application architecture and streamline development workflows.
- Delivered measurable improvements in operational efficiency and user experience through cloud-native solutions.
- B2B technical support and platform maintenance.
- Analytics and reporting for e-Commerce clients.
- Supported and maintained Volo Commerce's proprietary eCommerce platform eSellerPro, integrating stock management, order processing, accounting, and multichannel sales (eBay, Amazon, Rakuten, web shops).
- Provided technical support and issue resolution for a large client base, including troubleshooting integrations and coordinating with internal teams.
- Developed expertise in third-party accounting integrations (Sage 50, QuickBooks, Exchequer).
- Identified and documented recurring client issues to drive process improvements and enhance system stability.
- Contributed to departmental workflow optimisation through feedback and operational insight.
- Computer Science National Certificate | 2012