My initial foray into software development began in secondary school, where a drive to create games in Flash exposed me to many challenges that shaped my experience as a self-taught programmer. My appetite for understanding and solving problems has since been applied to businesses centered on gambling, casual gaming, e-learning, user testing, speech recognition, and video streaming.
At the heart of Kodify are several high-traffic video streaming websites. As a member of the remote engineering team, I strive to improve and optimize the user experience for our customers across our stack.
At this innovative speech recognition start-up, I spent the majority of my time advancing the SaaS product and other incarnations of their core tech.
Day-to-day I was polishing and iterating on this business's foundational user testing platform.
As part of the e-learning team, we were developing tools for clients such as Tesco and M&S that employed premium video content featuring themed fictional scenarios amongst interactive quizzes. Think CSI but with educational food safety information scattered throughout.
Known for games such as Candy Crush Saga and Farm Heroes Saga. During my time spent here, I was part of a small and agile skeleton team that maintained and produced new content for Pepper Panic Saga.
A game studio focused on producing high-quality interactive gambling and betting games. Being my first full-time professional software developer job, I learned a lot about how to work effectively within a team consisting of experienced and talented developers.
Flash Game Developer
In the pursuit of designing several games that attracted sponsorship by various online gaming portals, I honed my skills in creating graphics and animations in Flash and programming in ActionScript. This presented ample opportunities to develop as a self-taught programmer with a knack for problem-solving.
Degree of Bachelor of Science in First-class honors in Computer Science with Industrial Placement (G401)
A Level in A distinction in BTEC National Certificate IT Practitioners