A short contract where I helped develop high-quality features and assess the viability of a new integration.

• Improved CI jobs and enabled them to capture test results
• Fixed intermittent test cases to make the build more stable
• Reviewed PRs for quality, performance, security
• Identified inconsistencies and risks in the codebase
• Developed a new, well-tested backend service

Technologies: Ruby 2.5, Ruby on Rails 5.2, PostgreSQL 11, GitHub GraphQL API, Circle CI, Heroku, Sentry, New Relic

Consulting at John Lewis, working on rebuilding a critical component of the online e-commerce platform.

• Designed (with the team) an architecture that supports safe migration to the new application
• Helped upskill employees on Docker, Kubernetes, and Continuous Integration using GitLab CI
• Configured K8s manifests for our microservices
• Configured a GitOps CI pipeline for safely applying K8s configuration to different environments
• Created a template for teams wishing to use this pipeline with Ktor on the John Lewis Digital Platform

Technologies: Kotlin 1.3, Ktor 1.2, GitLab CI, Kubernetes, Kustomize, Google Cloud Platform

A short contract where I helped the Channels team become more productive.

• Created guidelines for producing SDK feature specifications
• Highlighted risky points in the infrastructure and pointed out some vulnerabilities in the app
• Created a Librato dashboard to visualise the impact of an issue on our customers
• Made suggestions for improving the development process
• Programmed a report that shows dormant GitHub repositories, as well as the combined backlog for different teams
• Pair-programmed with more junior developers to help them improve their skills
• Raised the bar for code review quality
• Provided exemplary customer support, winning new customers as a result

Main Technologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, AWS, and Terraform