Jessie

Full Stack JavaScript Developer & Systems Architect

Jan 2024 - Jan 2026 • 2 yrs

My work here has given me a great love for public service, and has shown me the positive impact developers can have on public services. From leading key infrastructure transitions, to advising on cybersecurity, in my time here I've: - Reduced deployment downtime by 80% by implementing my GitHub Actions powered CI/CD pipeline and providing training for the dev team, catching bugs before production and streamlining development. - Reduced vendor lock-in and improved request latency by 10% by developing a custom Express RESTful API, and leading the migration from Firebase. - Delivered a mission-critical web to PDF feature by collaborating with stakeholders to build a containerised microservice for consistent, lightweight reports of customer analytics. Collaborating with my colleagues and owning the development of features is a great joy. I look forward to continue learning about new technologies and development strategies as my career progresses.

Software and Systems Architect Consultant

Jan 2022 - Jan 2024 • 2 yrs

Consultancy prepared me for developing production-ready solutions in multidisciplinary teams with short deadlines. It's prepared me for working with established code bases, and collaborating with developers (and non-technical stakeholders) from a range of backgrounds and skill levels. With my clients I: - Achieved security compliance for the next sale by patching 2 vulnerabilities found by a commercial penetration test, and established coding guidelines my client’s dev team. - Led consultation with my client’s data engineers and backend developers to develop and integrate my React frontend for an intranet search engine, meeting their tight deadline. - Secured my client’s next sale by integrating a charting feature into their frontend, by leading development of a custom D3 charting wrapper for React. From consulting on security and infrastructure, to pair programming and contributing my own code to mission critical projects... I've led development, collaborated with lead developers, and delivered dependable solutions for my clients.