Work Experience
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Naha Digital
Remote, UK
Feb 2015 – Present
Owner & Developer
- Architecting and delivering high-performance websites, boosting client conversion rates to an average of 30%
- Implementing full-stack solutions using Next.js, React, and Payload CMS, enabling real-time site changes by clients
- Cultivated client relationships through exceptional project management, consistently meeting and exceeding delivery deadlines
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Waitrose
Edinburgh, UK
Sep 2022 – Dec 2023
Payment Supervisor
- Led and supervised a team of over 20 cashiers, elevating the store’s performance to top 5% regionally for customer experience
- Collaborated on the development of a customer order fulfilment app with a Vue frontend and NestJS backend, which optimised £100k+ revenue across three stores whilst ensuring GDPR compliance with customer data
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CodeParrot
Remote, UK
Aug 2020 – Jul 2024
Co-Founder & CTO
- Directed the development of an innovative education-tech platform teaching coding to children through immersive games
- Engineered extensible full-stack system using TypeScript, Node and React in an agile team of three
- Orchestrated AWS infrastructure using the CDK (Infrastructure as Code) reducing deployment times by 40%
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Vodafone UK (via Accenture)
Newbury, Berkshire, UK
Jun 2022 – Aug 2022
Mid Frontend Developer
- Promoted to a mid-level developer to spearhead the development of key features on critical enterprise projects
- Orchestrated migration of legacy JavaScript codebase to TypeScript across Vodafone Business Portal, resulting over 90% of new pull requests using TypeScript within the 3 months and an overall reduction in runtime errors
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Vodafone UK
Newbury, Berkshire, UK
Oct 2020 – Aug 2021
Frontend Developer
- Developed, tested, and delivered high-quality enterprise React and Node applications, and monitored them using Datadog
- Played a significant role in the recruitment process by conducting technical interviews and reforming online coding assessments
- Led coding workshops for secondary school girls in STEM, reaching over 100 participants and supporting DEI initiatives
- Received award for exceptional contributions and recognised as a Top Performer within Vodafone Technology
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Deloitte Digital
London, UK
Aug 2018
Software Development Intern
- Built an automated ‘add to basket’ test suite using Selenium (in Python), testing 1,000+ zip codes for a high-profile client defect
- Developed an interactive map visualisation of test results, pinpointing the defect source and accelerating resolution
Education
UO
University of Edinburgh (with exchange year at the University of Maryland)
Edinburgh, UK / Maryland, US
Sep 2021 – May 2025 (Expected)
Computer Science BEng (Hons)
- Courses: Linear Algebra, Software Engineering, Data Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Software Testing, Systems
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Wellington College
Crowthorne, Berkshire, UK
Sep 2018 – Jun 2020
A-Levels
- A-Levels in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Computer Science
Scholarships
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Apple
San Jose, California, US
Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) Scholarship
Selected as one of 350 from over 10,000 global applicants to attend Apple's prestigious developer conference
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Wellington College
Crowthorne, Berkshire, UK
Academic Computer Science Scholarship
Recognised for exceptional aptitude in Computer Science, the first that Wellington has ever awarded
US
UK Space Agency
Oxfordshire, UK
‘Space for All’ Grant Award
Awarded competitive grant for independently engineering and deploying a weather balloon full of sensors into the stratosphere
Projects
HYPED, Edinburgh Hyperloop
Embedded hardware and software
Sep 2021 – Present
- Leading the telemetry team developing real-time control systems for our pod prototype, competing in European Hyperloop Week
- Engineering fault-tolerant communication system using MQTT, integrating NASA's OpenMCT for visualisation and pod control
myWelly
Full-stack web and native mobile
Sep 2018 – Jul 2022
- Directed a cross-functional team of 5 developers in creating a central educational portal, scaling to 2,000+ active users
- Finalist in national education awards, recognising the project's innovation in educational technology
- Architected full-stack solution using TypeScript, React/React Native, Express, MongoDB, OAuth, and CI/CD on AWS
Technical Skills
Languages: TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Java, Swift, HTML, CSS/Sass
Technologies: Next.js, React, React Native, Node, Express, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Cloud: AWS, Datadog, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Contentful, Headless Shopify