- Wrote a successful technical proposal for SME who gained six-figure (£) funding from the Defense and Security Accelerator (UK).
- Developed Facial Recognition with system as an offline alternative to Azure Face Cognitive Service. (Flask, OpenCV, Postgres, Azure Kubernetes Service)
- Designed and developed a distributed personnel tracking system. (React, Typescript, Spring Boot, Azure Kubernetes Service)
- Highly rated mentor in Java, Python, Typescript, Javascript, React, C and Software Delivery.

Remote Software Consultant

- Principal Software Engineer (Python, Java, Spring Boot, Apache Camel, Docker, Kubernetes)
- Agile Team leadership and coaching.
- Technical Reviewing and Mentoring.
- Line management and coaching.
- Provide in person delivery of Agile training courses.
- Behavioural based and technical interviewing.

Principle Software Engineer

- Lead teams of 4 to 12 developers to deliver bespoke system and platforms to time, cost and quality.
- Build great teams through technical mentoring and flexible implementation of agile methodologies.
- Delivered complicated Client n-tier integration system in challenging delivery environment. Project technologies: Python, node.js, Docker, REST APIs, Elastic Search and Kibana. Awarded BT GS Role Model Award for this project.
- Develop and maintain BT GES coding standards for Python. Give group coding workshops and general Python training for office.

Software Team Lead

- Supervise undergraduate programming lab sessions in Python, Java and Object Oriented Programming
- Teach revision lecture sessions
- Support undergraduate programming tutors
- Providing support and advice to students
- Correcting student work
- Exam invigilation and marking

Chief Tutor

I have experience writing and teaching Python for over 12 years. I taught Python at a top UK University and used lead teams using it with two of Europe's leading Security Consultancies. I sat on multiple code standard boards for small teams and large companies encouraging best practice idiomatic Python.

I'm comfortable using Python 3.X, Flask, and Django. My preferred tooling is Pycharm, tox, pytest and black.

I have been writing and teaching Java for over 10 years. I love writing clean, TDD code in Java! I have experience using Java and Spring Boot to write projects with 1000s of users a day in systems that provide critical services and uptime requirements.

I have been writing Javascript for over 10 years. Most recently I have been using React with Typescript, Jest, Prettier, and Webpack to create Rest and Graphql applications. 

I have used Postgres for academic and Industry projects for over 10 years. I have experience using Hibernate, Spring Data, H2, SQLite, and SQLAlchemy. I use Liquibase and Alembic to manage data migrations.

I have been providing mock interview and interview preparation sessions for a number of years. I have been a technical and behavioural interviewer for a global leading consulting company - hosting interviews for junior to principal developers. Prioritize interview preparation, it is worth your attention and focus!

I reviewed resume for applicants to a top international technology consultancy for 3.5 years. I can review your CV as a potential employer and dramatically improve the way future employers view your job application. I have successfully coached 10s of people through job application processes leading to an excellent application with much higher salary. Whether you are looking for your first programming job or are taking the next step on the career ladder, I can help you land your dream job or promotion.

I have been using Linux and the command line for over 10 years. I am a Linux and Command Line power user. Using the shell can be daunting at first, but it is a must if you want to become an excellent developer!

I have been using Cloud hosting services since 2012. In that time I've worked with AWS, Azure, and Heroku, hosting applications via PaaS, EC2, Beanstalk, Heroku, Docker, and Kubernetes.

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Matt D.

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