Max Willmott
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Max possesses hands-on experience building various complex web applications, ranging from real-time trading dashboards to highly detailed analysis applications. He displays a strong technical and product direction in leading projects from inception to delivery. He's also considered a capable and experienced mentor in his stack by his peers.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Git
The most amazing...
...project I've created is a simulation system for trading platform interfaces allowing users and developers to replay, simulate loads, or manipulate the data.
Work Experience
Software Engineer
Football Radar
- Implemented the continuous development and optimized the performance of real-time trading platforms which were written in React backed by a Node.js WebSocket server.
- Developed an innovative tool to playback and simulate trading scenarios used by both the business for insights and developers for load testing; built with Node.js and AWS.
- Created a highly detailed and tailored football analysis app involving very deep JSON decision trees.
- Developed a dynamic keybinding system to increase analyst productivity and accuracy.
- Acted as the technical lead on several projects.
- Introduced staged releases and user testing runs to great effect.
- Mentored several full-stack developers who were working on the advanced front-end codebases.
- Wrote several documents and systems to smooth the process.
Front-end Developer
Tesco
- Joined the development of a very large server-side rendered, fully responsive, fully accessible web application.
- Optimized the large-rendering performance of key pages.
- Worked closely with a fully automated CI/CD testing stack and test engineers.
Full-stack Developer
PCA Predict
- Developed and instigated real-time data visualizations which were embedded on UK newspaper websites.
- Singularly developed a new customer portal in Angular.
- Conducted live user testing of several R&D ideas.
- Developed an internal style sheet for rapid development.
Experience
Several Blog Posts
Skills
Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, C#
Frameworks
Redux, ASP.NET, Angular
Libraries/APIs
Ramda, RxJS, React, Node.js
Paradigms
Functional Programming
Tools
Git, Phabricator, Jenkins
Platforms
Docker, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
Certifications
Oxford Certificate in Algorithmics
Oxford University
Oxford Certificate in Software Engineering Mathematics
Oxford University
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