Paul Melia

United Kingdom

@melia8

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Problem Solving
Java
Python
Days of Code
React

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Work Experience

  • TECH LEAD

    YOTI•  November 2017 - December 2024•  LONDON

    Led and coordinated a cross-functional team of developers, created internal tooling using React for front end and API’s written using Spring Boot on the back-end, implemented metered billing using the Stripe API for invoicing and payment, utilised messaging frameworks Kafka and ActiveMQ, produced SQL scripts for PostgresDB, maintained legacy API’s written using Node/Express, wrote and maintained Java unit, integration and E2E tests utilising Junit, Mockito, MockServer and TestContainers, wrote and maintained React tests using Jest and React Testing Library, deployed using Docker containers in a micro-service architecture, conducted code reviews in GitHub and mentored junior developers.

  • TECH LEAD

    UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH•  May 2014 - November 2017•  LONDON

    Led a team of developers creating web applications for the student portal using Angular and Spring Boot, created mobile apps using the Android SDK.

  • TECH LEAD

    AXON UK•  February 2013 - May 2014•  SOUTHAMPTON

    Led a team creating Diabetes management software using Groovy/Grails.

  • TECH LEAD

    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO•  June 2011 - January 2013•  SAN DIEGO

    Led a team of developers using Java to create portlets for the student management system.

  • SENIOR DEVELOPER

    UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH•  August 2005 - June 2011•  LONDON

    Member of a team of developers using a mixture of Java and PL/SQL to develop and maintain the student management system and portal.

  • IT CONSULTANT

    ATOS ORIGIN•  July 1998 - August 2005•  LONDON

    Deployed on 3 projects whilst at Atos: Oracle DBA for the Metropolitan Police, Delphi developer for the New Opportunities Fund, Delphi developer for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

Education

  • UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

    Electrical Engineering, BEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Hons)•  Percentage: 2.1

Skills

Git
Docker
Concourse CI
Junit
Mockito
MockServer
TestContainers
Jest
React Testing Library
GitHub
SQL
PostgresDB
Oracle
Spring
React
Node
Express
Angular
Spring Boot
Grails
Java
Javascript
Groovy
Delphi
PL/SQL