faron

Designed and delivered a production website for Colux Recruitment, a UK-based recruitment company. Primarily front-end, with a custom Node.js/Express back-end built specifically for the contact form. • Built the front end with Next.js, handling layout, responsiveness, and client requirements throughout. • Engineered a bespoke Express.js contact server featuring: file upload handling (Multer), email dispatch via Nodemailer, reCAPTCHA v3 verification, CSRF protection (csrf-csrf / double-submit pattern), rate limiting, and signed cookie handling. • Delivered the full project independently, managing client communication and iterative changes to completion. Co-founded and developed a SaaS product that scraped Twitter in real time and forwarded targeted messages to Discord communities. At peak, benchmarked as the fastest solution of its type globally. • Engineered a high-throughput scraping and message-forwarding system in Python, optimised for latency and concurrency. • Managed the full product lifecycle: architecture, deployment, user acquisition, and competitive benchmarking. • Operated in a live commercial environment with real users.

Built two Flask-based Python servers: a back-end CSV-to-JSON parser for electric meter data, and a front-end API server for user-facing data visualisation. Participated in Agile sprint cycles and DevOps workflows within a professional engineering team. Gained practical exposure to unit testing, API design, and cyber security best practices.

Processed high volumes of mail efficiently within a time-pressured team environment, demonstrating reliability and attention to detail.

Worked as part of a small trades team on kitchen and bathroom refurbishments, developing strong time management and task prioritisation skills.