Max Willmott, Developer in London, United Kingdom
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Max Willmott

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Software Developer

Location
London, United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since
November 9, 2018

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

Football Radar
Jenkins, Docker, Node.js, React, TypeScript
Tesco
Node.js, React
PCA Predict
React, Angular, Microsoft SQL Server, ASP.NET, C#

Experience

Availability

Part-time

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

2015 - 2018
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.
Technologies: Jenkins, Docker, Node.js, React, TypeScript

Front-end Developer

2015 - 2015
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.
Technologies: Node.js, React

Full-stack Developer

2013 - 2015
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.
Technologies: React, Angular, Microsoft SQL Server, ASP.NET, C#

Several Blog Posts

These blog posts were written during my time at Football Radar. I also did a talk on Immutable.js data with lenses at the JavaScript London meetup which was unfortunately not recorded.

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

JULY 2016 - PRESENT

Oxford Certificate in Algorithmics

Oxford University

MAY 2016 - PRESENT

Oxford Certificate in Software Engineering Mathematics

Oxford University

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