crav3n

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Tech-savvy professional with a proven track record of deploying robust solutions in high-stakes environments, offering a blend of leadership, technical expertise, and innovative problem-solving capabilities. Skilled in designing and implementing scalable distributed systems whilst ensuring compliance with the highest standards of software architecture and development. Expert at web technology and data processing. Proficient in a wide array of programming and development tools including Java, Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes, among others. Experienced in leading agile project teams, mentoring junior engineers, and driving the full software development life cycle. Adept at cloud technologies and services, particularly AWS, to architect and manage secure, scalable cloud infrastructure solutions. Accomplished in developing SaaS platforms and microservices architectures. Demonstrated ability to innovate and maintain high levels of software performance, security, and reliability, backed by a robust portfolio of successful greenfield projects.



Experience: 10 years

Yearly salary: $174,000

Hourly rate: $0

Nationality: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Residency: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom


Experience

Senior Software Engineer (Contractor)
Sainsburys PLC
2022 - 2024
Directed migration of TU Clothing order flows from SAP Hybris to micro-services architecture by designing and developing seven micro-services to handle new orders, dispatches, cancellations, and stock management. Developed relational data model for order management by ensuring seamless data flow and system scalability. Designed and implemented disaster preparedness strategies to ensure high availability of services by facilitating Kafka cluster migrations across teams.
Senior Software Engineer (Contractor)
RBS Natwest
2021 - 2021
Spearheaded and developed CI/CD jobs and first Kafka Toolbox API to streamline support tasks by enhancing operational efficiency. Automated Kafka Topic and ACL maintenance by scaling support model and reducing manual intervention. Identified and resolved systemic Kafka re-balances issues by significantly improving platform performance. Collaborated with the team to deliver Kafka platform to production by troubleshooting and resolving platform stability issues.
Senior Associate Software Engineer
JP Morgan Chase & Co
2018 - 2020
Headed CI/CD and process improvements to enhance team’s software development lifecycle (SDLC) efficiency. Mentored junior developers by providing guidance on best practices and gaining hands-on experience as lead developer and conducting DevOps activities. Maintained and improved various event-driven, RESTful services, and client-side applications using Node.js, Angular, and Typescript.
Software Engineer
Northrow KYC
2017 - 2018
Managed migration of North Row codebase from SVN to Git by preserving version history and training team on Git workflows. Developed CI/CD pipeline to streamline deployment processes and improve software delivery efficiency. Maintained and improved North Row KYC client by ensuring compliance and enhancing user functionality.
Software Engineer
Medical Research Council
2017 - 2017
Oversaw and developed third-generation GEMM (Genetic Manipulation of Mice) request forms by integrating secure application servlet into web domain with differing genealogy. Designed and delivered comprehensive MVC applications, including business logic, view templates, and complex data models for seamless functionality.

Skills

aws
backend
blockchain
devops
java
kubernetes
redis
smart-contract
tech-lead
web3
english