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Battle-hardened software engineer, dev lead and scrum master
James Law
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Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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2019 - 2020
temp
Contract Software Engineer
Promotigo Technologies Ltd.
Working for a leading supplier of marketing and B2C data capture technologies, delivering new functionality with microservices architecture utilising Azure Functions and designing and implementing new APIs to provide extended functionality to consuming clients. In addition to my responsibilities as a developer, I supported the technical lead in coaching and mentoring members of their agile teams with a focus on improving code quality and automated testing, and supported the wider business, working with a scrum master, product owners, technical architect and operations director to enhance their agile methodology and delivery outcomes.
C# .NET Core .NET Framework WebApi MVC Azure Functions SQL Server HTML CSS JavaScript Azure Azure ServiceBus Azure Blob/Table Storage Cosmos DB Azure DevOps Agile Scrum
C# .NET Core .NET Framework WebApi MVC Azure Functions SQL Server HTML CSS JavaScript Azure Azure ServiceBus Azure Blob/Table Storage Cosmos DB Azure DevOps Agile Scrum
Mentoring, Tech lead, Framework, Net core, Server, Software, Storage, Testing, WebAPI, Developer, Net, Architecture, MVC, Microservices, C, Javascript, Agile, DevOps, B2C, Azure, Scrum master, Operations, SQL Server, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Scrum, Coaching, Sql, Html, Css, Marketing
2018 - 2019
temp
Contract Services Engineer
Microsoft Rare Studios.
Working for one of the most celebrated British game studios of the last 30 years, now owned by Microsoft and a subsidiary of Xbox Game Studios, developing, maintaining and operating a suite of .NET C# cloud microservices, responsible for everything from storing player data and calculating game progression to performing transactional operations and provisioning infrastructure for the award winning online multiplayer title, Sea of Thieves.
C# C++ .NET Framework .NET Core WebApi RabbitMQ Azure Blob/Table Storage Cosmos DB Redis Angular 2+ Azure ServiceFabric TeamCity Octopus Deploy Azure DevOps Perforce
C# C++ .NET Framework .NET Core WebApi RabbitMQ Azure Blob/Table Storage Cosmos DB Redis Angular 2+ Azure ServiceFabric TeamCity Octopus Deploy Azure DevOps Perforce
WebAPI, Multiplayer, Winning, Perforce, Framework, Performing, Net core, Online, Storage, Teamcity, Infrastructure, Angular, Net, RabbitMQ, Angular 2, Redis, Microservices, Cloud, C, DevOps, Azure, Operations
2017 - 2018
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Contract .NET Developer
Totaljobs Group Ltd.
Working for a market leader in recruitment technologies, migrating a third-party job board platform to their internal .NET MVC proprietary platform. Working as part of an agile team of 6 and coordinating migration of individual applications with other development teams and the wider business.
C# .NET Framework WebApi MVC SQL Server AngularJS HTML CSS JavaScript AWS GitHub TeamCity Octopus Deploy Jira Agile Scrum
C# .NET Framework WebApi MVC SQL Server AngularJS HTML CSS JavaScript AWS GitHub TeamCity Octopus Deploy Jira Agile Scrum
C, Framework, Server, Teamcity, Development, WebAPI, Developer, Net, Recruitment, Github, MVC, Javascript, Agile, AngularJS, Jira, SQL Server, AWS, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Scrum, Sql, Html, Css
2016 - 2017
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Contract .NET Developer
J Sainsbury Plc.
Working for one of the UK's "big four" supermarkets out of their Coventry Store Support Centre as a contract .NET developer as a member of one of several agile implementation teams tasked with delivering cloud based, greenfield, internal and business support systems. Using a wide range of technologies including.NET 4.6, MVC5, WebApi 2, AngularJS, SaaS, SQL Server, integrations including AzureAD and AWS SQS and SaaS tools including Jira, Github and AppVeyor, my responsibilities include the delivery of high value features, meeting the highest engineering standards, writing of test cases, contributing to the solving of architectural and technical problems, active participation in agile ceremonies and providing support to the business, drawing on my previous experience to assist in their current Agile transformation.
C# .NET Framework WebApi MVC SQL Server Amazon SQS AngularJS HTML CSS JavaScript AWS GitHub AppVeyor Jira Agile Scrum
C# .NET Framework WebApi MVC SQL Server Amazon SQS AngularJS HTML CSS JavaScript AWS GitHub AppVeyor Jira Agile Scrum
WebAPI, Github, Test, Engineering, Net, Developer, Implementation, Support, Transformation, Agile transformation, Amazon, Server, .net 4.6, Framework, Appveyor, .net 4, Just 4.6, SQL Server, Css, Html, Sql, .Net, Scrum, Writing, HTML/CSS/Javascript, AWS, Javascript, Jira, AngularJS, Agile, Saas, C, Cloud, MVC
2015 - 2015
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Contract Scrum Master
Indue Ltd.
Working for one of Australia's leading providers of financial payment, settlement and fraud monitoring systems as Scrum Master, overseeing between 2 and 4 cross-functional product development teams working on their core banking and next-gen card payment platforms in a truly agile environment. Reporting to the Development Manager and working closely alongside another Scrum Master, my responsibilities included championing the agile methodology and the organisation's implementation of the scrum framework, coaching the product development teams and individual team members to advance their understanding of agile, ability to self-organise and further develop the t-shaped skills needed to consistently deliver complete and working software each sprint, assisting the team in identifying and removing technical, operational and organisational impediments to delivery, working closely with the product management team to maintain the product backlog, organising and facilitating agile ceremonies and evolving the organisation's implementation of the scrum (eventually, LeSS) framework and adoption of agile methodologies. During my tenure we scaled from 4 to 8 product development teams, requiring the implementation of Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) and guilds facilitate this growth without affecting quality or capacity.
Banking, Manager, Framework, Organization, Software, Development, Monitoring, Growth, Implementation, Coaching, Less, Management, Agile methodologies, Agile, Scrum master, Product Management, Product development, Scrum
2013 - 2014
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Software Development Team Leader
Bet365 Ltd.
Working for the world's largest online sports betting companies within their systems development department as software development team leader, managing a team of software engineers, developing and maintaining the core systems used to drive their multi-billion pound turnover international online sports betting platform. Focusing primarily on the core of their sports book betting system, owning the betslip and related components, my responsibilities included the supervision and line management of a team of highly skilled software engineers, acting as the owner and first point of contact for all queries relating to my systems area, owning and managing the team's development plan, managing, investigating and prioritising support issues in line with SLAs and business requirements, working closely with the CTO, R&D team, project management and product development departments to deliver complex, cross-team solutions, coordinating the development of the platform across multiple, multi-discipline software development teams, ensuring a high quality product is delivered and these standards continue to be met, writing and maintaining architectural and support documentation, managing the build and release process/schedule, providing 24x7 operational support to the business, coordinating QA and testing team efforts, enforcing coding standards, performing code reviews, managing the end to end development and integration process and associated business systems and providing high level architectural oversight and guidance to the business.
Support, Performing, Online, International, Software, Development, Testing, Supervision, Cto, Project Management, QA, Integration, Management, R, Software development, Product development, Writing
2012 - 2013
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Lead Developer
Music Sales Group.
Working for the UK's largest sheet music and musical instrument retailer in the internet development department as development team leader/lead developer, managing a team of software engineers developing, operating and maintaining their multi-million-pound turnover suite of retail and wholesale ecommerce websites and associated systems. Focusing primarily on the award winning retail website Musicroom.com, my responsibilities included the supervision and line management of a team of software engineers, the end-to-end project management of all internet development projects and support operations in conjunction with other business departments and 3rd parties, the allocation of appropriate resources in line with business needs, managing stakeholder expectations and ensuring delivery in line with cost and time requirements, managing relationships with 3rd party technology suppliers, business partners and contractors, acting as the key stakeholder for technology/systems driven projects and driving forward improvements to the systems and infrastructure, managing the departmental budget, overseeing architectural decisions and ensuring appropriate standards are adhered to across all systems, management and support of production hardware and infrastructure and providing 24/7 systems support to the business.
Supervision, Winning, Wholesale, Production, Internet, Software, Music, Development, Lead developer, Hardware, Infrastructure, Project Management, Support, Developer, Website, Technology, Management, Websites, Budget, Operations, Retail, Ecommerce
2010 - 2012
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Analyst Programmer
Next PLC.
Working for the one of the biggest names in fashion retail in their ecommerce systems department as an analyst programmer, developing and maintaining the £1.5 billion+ turnover websites next.co.uk and nextdirect.com. Focusing on key executive stakeholder driven projects, frequently as project lead and using a vast array of technologies including but not limited to ASP.NET (C#), Classic ASP, VB6, XML/XSLT, IBM Websphere MQ, WCF, Web Services, SQL Server, HTML, CSS and JavaScript, my responsibilities included the architectural design, development, and management of a truly enterprise level, n-tier ecommerce solution to pressing timescales, coordinating several business departments and stakeholders to ensure the efficient delivery of projects on time and in scope whilst adhering to a strict change management protocols, effectively managing my workload of between 2 and 6+ projects at any one time, mentoring and providing support for junior and trainee members of the team, working with the quality assurance team to produce effective testing practices, producing high quality technical documentation, providing 24/7 out of hours 1st line technical support and providing technical and development support for seasonal events and marketing activities.
Support, Fashion, ASP, Web Services, Management, WCF, XSLT, Net, Quality Assurance, C, Analyst, Technical documentation, Testing, Development, Web, Server, Enterprise, Javascript, Mentoring, XML, Websites, ASP.NET, Retail, SQL Server, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Ecommerce, .Net, Change management, Sql, Design, Html, Css, Marketing
2008 - 2010
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Web Developer
Dyson Ltd.
Working for one of the most innovative and instantly recognisable brands as a web developer developing their array of successful, international ecommerce websites, product websites, microsites and internal web-based systems. Reporting to the Head of Digital Media and Group Marketing Director my responsibilities included the development and testing of websites using ASP, ASP.NET (C#), COM, SQL Server, HTML, JavaScript, XML and XSLT as per stakeholder specification to internal and W3C standards, focusing on usability, accessibility and SEO, liaising with internal and external stakeholders, managing client briefs, wireframe prototyping, assisting junior members of the team when required and producing accurate and up to date documentation.
Usability, UP, Accessibility, Server, Web, International, Development, Testing, Usability & UX, Developer, Net, XSLT, ASP, C, Javascript, XML, Websites, ASP.NET, Prototyping, SQL Server, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Ecommerce, .Net, Sql, Seo, Html, Marketing
2007 - 2008
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Lead Web Developer
Groovy UK Ltd.
Working for one of the country's most successful licensed gift manufacturers as a member of their creative department as lead web developer overseeing the complete design, development, implementation and management of their ecommerce websites, online wholesale product catalogue, corporate websites, product websites and internal web-based systems. Reporting to the head of design, creative director and managing director my responsibilities include managing development projects from start to finish, creating concise written system designs including database schemas, user specifications, marketing strategies, top down designs, GUI designs and training literature, implementing these designs in the most efficient manner possible using the latest high end technologies, largely based around Windows 2003 Server, SQL Server 2005 and developed with ASP, ASP.NET (C#) and W3C standard HTML utilising CSS and JavaScript including AJAX whilst considering security, SEO and scalability issues, the installation of administration of server hardware and software and managing the operation of these systems on a day to day basis.
Development, ASP, Management, Windows, Security, Net, Developer, Implementation, Hardware, AJAX, Software, Web, Server, Scalability, Online, Wholesale, SQL Server 2005, Ecommerce, Marketing, Css, Html, Design, Seo, Sql, .Net, Administration, Javascript, HTML/CSS/Javascript, SQL Server, ASP.NET, Websites, Training, Database, C
2007 - 2007
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Web Developer
SDL International.
Working for the market leader in translation technologies as a web developer designing, developing and maintaining their multinational, multi-million-pound turnover translation service ecommerce websites click2translate.com and freetranslation.com and in-house web-based management systems. Reporting directly to the Web Director and Divisional Director my responsibilities include the day to day administration and running of the website, taking an active role in any modifications from conception through design to implementation using ASP, ASP.NET (VB), HTML, CSS and JavaScript, continually evaluating the possible integrations of different technologies to improve user experience and program efficiency, the maintenance and administration of server equipment, liaising directly with the project management team to ensure that their needs with regards to the website and online order process are fulfilled and ensuring that the website continues to run smoothly.
Websites, Vb, Online, Server, Web, Implementation, Developer, Net, Website, Service, Management, ASP, Javascript, ASP.NET, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Ecommerce, Administration, User Experience, .Net, Project Management, Design, Html, Css
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