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Lead Engineer
UK Civil Service•  May 2024 - Present•  San Francisco, CA
Entrusted to independently bootstrap an engineering role embedded in public safety operations. Built and strengthened technical relationships between UK government and US industry to deliver new capability. Led the design and prioritization of strategic software engineering work to shorten critical turnarounds.
Head of Software
UK Civil Service•  May 2022 - May 2024•  London, UK
Shaped new role as engineering manager/technical lead responsible for software across six developer teams. Specialized in system quality/testing, enabling continuous agile delivery, and strategic operational stability.
Software Engineer
UK Civil Service•  February 2019 - May 2022•  London, UK
Worked in a small, fast-paced software team to deliver agile solutions for distributed systems. Became local expert on Python, Node.js, Jinja, PostgreSQL, and led new CI/CD processes.
Software Developer
UK Civil Service•  September 2017 - February 2019•  UK
Research-led role working highly independently on fast-paced, short-term projects. Created extensive documentation, risk assessments and presented at international conference.
Intern
UK Civil Service•  July 2016 - September 2016•  UK
Software Intern
Purple Secure Systems (now CACI)•  July 2015 - September 2015•  Bristol, UK
Education
University of Bristol
Master of Engineering, Computer Science•  January 2013 - January 2017