Full-stack Developer (Remote Contract)
2018 - PRESENTZDEV- Successfully delivered projects in React, React Native, Node.js (all JavaScript and TypeScript), and Elixir (OTP) for various clients.
Technologies: Elixir, Node.js, JavaScript, React, React NativeFounder | CTO
2015 - 2018ZDEV- Founded a 5-person software consultancy.
- Delivered apps and website/server technology to multiple clients.
- Managed a team of four developers.
- Trained four apprentices with no previous coding experience. All four are successfully employed in the industry—their earnings increased 4x (Tiny.cc/zdev-staff).
- Oversaw technology direction, code reviews, hiring, project management, staff training, sales, and marketing.
- Built a ~£200,000/year business.
- Oversaw multiple projects using the following technologies: JavaScript, React Native, React, Next.js, Node.js, Firebase, Heroku, and TypeScript.
Technologies: Node.js, JavaScript, React, React NativeDeveloper
2015 - 2016McKinsey Digital Labs- Built a cutting-edge UI to save hundreds of hours for a long, complex risk process for a large merchant bank.
- Worked with the DevOps team to deliver a containerized platform for continuous deployment.
Technologies: Docker, CSS, HTML, React, JavaScriptDeveloper
2013 - 2015Brevan Howard Hedge Fund- Wrote code to match trades saving hundreds of thousands of dollars per month.
- Redesigned the architecture for a systematic trading system so that it uses modern technology stack.
- Worked on a business's critical systematic trading system for a hedge fund that was 1 billion dollars in size.
Technologies: JavaScript, R, Ruby on Rails (RoR), RubyDeveloper
2010 - 2013Goldman Sachs- Worked on large critical applications with a large team of developers.
- Wrote an app from scratch and delivered it within two months.
- Automated a regression-tested large C# front end—saving hundreds of man-hours per month.
Technologies: Python, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, C#, Java