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Robert Whalen

Liverpool, UK

Summary

Organized and self-motivated tech nerd turned software engineer graduate with 4+ years combined internship and professional experience. Fluent in JavaScript / TypeScript, NoSQL, ReactJS, CSS and pre-processors with experience in a deep set of languages, processes and frameworks. Possess practical working knowledge of relational databases using MySQL, Cloud Development, and Agile Development. Constantly updating personal and professional technical skills with any courses I can get my hands on to push to repositories, some of which are available for public consumption. Reliable and responsible team player. Highly malleable to the task at hand as proven by my history in DevOps and CICD, a branch of Computer Science that is rapidly changing the landscape of computing infrastructure.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work history

Frontend Engineer

Bettormetrics Ltd
06.2024 - Current
  • Developed, optimised and maintained a React web application for an exclusive clientele, designed for c-suite executives featuring heavy data flow and custom graphics. This was all within a start-up environment where speed and efficiency are paramount to maintain relationships with early adopters.
  • Extended several .Net APIs as a business layer for this frontend, including testing.
  • Aided in developing procedure, leveraging my DevOps background to give valuable insight into the procedure for testing and releasing code across different deployable components in the company.

Associate Software Engineer

Ivanti
04.2023 - 06.2024
  • Adapted the frontend of our web client to use a variety of tools (most notably TypeScript, MUI and tailwindcss) to deliver a revamped modern UI / UX to our users which has since been internally universally praised.
  • Built and launched an ideation forum for engineering to voice their opinions / suggestions on ongoing DevOps developments within the company.
  • Liaised with security teams to implement code scanning created by multiple 3rd part vendors in pipelines company wide.
  • Took on admin responsibilities in a GitHub organization with 3000+ repositories and growing to actively maintain, developing scripts and cronjobs to keep everything in line with company policies such as committing pre-configured GitHub Actions.

Software Engineer Intern

Ivanti
09.2021 - 04.2023
  • Developed reusable React.JS components for an internally used webclient, both "cleaning" up the repository under the principle of DRY, and having a major part in taking an intern-led small-scale application all the way to having it's name known and recognised company wide across all owned subsidiaries for it's usability and integrations.
  • Set up or maintained more than a dozen cronjobs that both actively maintained our data and performed actions that had implications for all of engineering company wide.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Liverpool John Moores University
/2019 - /2023

A-Levels -

Chesterfield Sixth Form
/2016 - /2018

Skills

    ReactJS JavaScript / TypeScript Node SCSS HTML5 Redux NoSQL Database Design Docker CICD Python Java MUI Cloud Computing Performance Testing DevOps Kubernetes UI / UX Design

References

References available upon request.

Strengths

  • MERN Stack Proficiency: Strong expertise in ReactJS, TypeScript, SCSS, NoSQL and Node. I have proven experience in developing and optimizing UI components
  • Problem-Solving Skill: Strong ability to debug code, troubleshoot issues, and implement robust, low complexity solutions to coding problems.
  • Team Collaboration: Skilled at working collaboratively with a team in development owed to my social skills acquired through years of prior customer service roles and clear communication across several time zones.
  • Adaptability: Throughout both my education and work experience I have been forced to learn complex skillsets in a short amount of time, coming from a DevOps background where the landscape is ever changing, a strong sense of adaptability has been imparted

Timeline

Frontend Engineer

Bettormetrics Ltd
06.2024 - Current

Associate Software Engineer

Ivanti
04.2023 - 06.2024

Software Engineer Intern

Ivanti
09.2021 - 04.2023

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Liverpool John Moores University
/2019 - /2023

A-Levels -

Chesterfield Sixth Form
/2016 - /2018

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