Description

Steven loves creating rich interfaces, RESTful APIs and back-end automations that make everyday tasks simpler and more enjoyable.

★ Coding since childhood (ZX Spectrum)

★ 1000+ stars on Github

★ Top 2 % StackOverflow

★ Outstanding Communication Skills

★ Loves hackathons and coding competitions

★ Runs coding workshops

★ Writes articles that help the community

★ Usually the 'go to guy' when people need stuff done

Skills / Specialties:

» NodeJS Microservices

» API Design, JSON, OAuth, REST

» GIT, Github, Gitlab

» JSON-RPC server communication.

» Pub/Sub. Event-based architectures, Queues.

» MongoDb, DynamoDb, DocumentDb

» Linux, Docker, AWS DevOps, Bash

» Postgres, MSSQL, MySQL Databases

» Agile, Unit Testing, Jasmine, TDD

» CI, Build Automation, Ant, PhantomJS

» SOAP, XSD, XSLT

» Cross platform web apps. IoT interfaces.

» Hybrid IOS / Android Apps on Cordova

» Responsive UX Design & Interfaces

» LESS, Bootstrap, Pure

» jQuery, Ext JS, Angular JS, Knockout, Onsen

Past Project Areas:

» Mobility Integration

» IoT Devices

» Mapping and GIS

» Mobile Ticketing & Barcodes

» Emergency Management

» High-Volume Trade Reconcilation

» Portfolio Management

» POS integration

» Financial Reporting

» Network Monitoring

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

STUART
Senior Node.js Engineer (WebSocket, Redis, Kubernetes, Prometheus, TypeScript, AWS)
November 2023 - May 2024 (6 months)
Building real-time core backend infrastructure for Pan-European delivery logistics.

Steven helped build and launch two business-critical projects providing realtime platform updates, routing millions of delivery requests every week across 100s of European cities. Helping Stuart maintain its reputation for hyper-reliability as well as introducing improvements to company-wide engineering, QA and security practice.

Redis PubSub, Event-based architecture, WebSocket protocol, Node.js, Express, TypeScript, OpenAPI, Kubernetes, AWS, DevOps, Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana. Kafka. Auto scaling. Graceful shutdown. Test automation. K6. SonarCloud. ZAP Scan. Authentication. JWT. ECDSA Web crypto API. Observability dashboards. Mentoring.
Newcross Healthcare Solutions
Senior/Lead Node.js Engineer (Express, ORM, SQL Server, AWS, DevOps, SSO)
May 2022 - September 2023 (1 year and 4 months)
Lead Engineer for HFA team. "Uber for healthcare workers".

Processing payments for thousands of health workers in both home and residential care setting. Focused on performance and stability fixes, CICD pipelines, upskilling new engineers, removing blockers, backend deployments and troubleshooting/ extending system.

Express, FeathersJS, Kafka, Sequelize ORM, Promises, Asyc/Await, ES2021 , RESTful APIs, Jest, React, Babel, Webpack, Redis, RabbitMQ, SQL Server, DB Replication, Bitbucket, Github Actions, Monorepos, Docker, Kubernetes, Test Automation, GitOps, DevOps, Jenkins, Bash, AWS, EC2, S3, SQS, Serverless, Lambdas, CloudFront, CloudFormation, SNS, IAM, Load Balancing, SonarQube, SSL/TLS Certificates, New Relic Analytics. OAuth, Single Sign-On. Performance optimization. Debugging Production. Code Reviews and mentoring.
LetMePark
Chief Technology Officer / Founding Engineer
February 2021 - March 2022 (1 year and 1 month)
Madrid, Spain
Steven oversaw a growing technology team in an urban mobility startup, integrating further partner offerings, modifying architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and development practice to suit hybrid working arrangements, while staying on top of performance, security and operational issues caused by growing platform complexity and customer demand.

Helping to build smart cities by connecting vehicles with their environment.