Profile
Product minded generalist and full stack software engineer with many years of proven track record in delivering quality production systems through the complete software development cycle; from ideation and validation, to requirement specifications and working software. Analytical, direct and play well with others.
Education
Employment
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Elephant Healthcare
London, UK
Software EngineerNov 2021 - Present
- Work with Product Design to scope, plan and develop features through the entire software development cycle.
- Integrated platform with Kafka and built features in the areas of billing, insurance, payment and patient registration.
- Tools: React, Node.js, Kafka, MongoDB, GraphQL, CircleCI, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana
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Curio Labs
London, UK
Senior Software EngineerJun 2020 - Aug 2021
- Migrated from PHP Laravel monolith to microservices deployed on AWS Lambda.
- Upgraded crucial services in user authentication system, subscription management, billing services from legacy to modern vendor solution (RevenueCat) with zero service disruption.
- Implemented monitoring across microservices and clients with Sentry and standardize log format for tracing requests across AWS CloudWatch.
- Integrated a recommendation system using a machine learning as service vendor.
- Deployed an email and push notification system and provide training and support to the non-technical teams.
- Tools: React, Python Flask, REST, GraphQL, CircleCI, PHP Laravel, AWS Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, SNS, SQS, RDS, Personalize, S3, Route 53, CloudFront
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GrantTree
London, UK
Tech LeadJul 2013 - Jun 2020
- Worked with internal team to design and build the productivity tools including a claim and customer workflow management system, a data analytic platform and bots.
- Built ETL data pipelines and advocated relentlessly for data-driven decision making.
- Developed safeguards and protocols to reduce risks of cyber security breaches including company training, process development and advocacy and configuring access level controls.
- Budgeted and negotiated with IT providers on service contracts.
- Reduced operational costs by ~£150k/year by deploying and training the team on tax software (acquired a tax qualification in the process)
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8 Securities
Hong Kong
Product Evangelist and Head of SalesNov 2011 - May 2013
- Managed client and investor relationships and promoted our product at tech events and meetups.
- Advocated for clients and worked with product development and marketing teams on feature prioitization and marketing strategies for our equities trading platform.
- Performed platform services manually during incidents to ensure zero service disruption (and acquired a stockbroker license for this).
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LexisNexis
Hong Kong
Product TrainerNov 2010 - Nov 2011
- Launched a new business development initiative and was product owner to repackage global products for regional clients.
- Spoke frequently at events about our products and was sought after as a legal software trainer and speaker at seminars, chambers and law firms.
- Wrote automation scripts to collect and analyze marketing statistics and built a sales reporting tool to save time.
- Received an employee award for excellent performance.
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Marsu Web Services
Hong Kong
Founder and Software DeveloperJul 2006 - Nov 2010
- Founded a web service company to build and design mobile apps on iOS, Android and web, including a traffic condition app, a location-based service for local businesses with reviews and ratings, a sleep cycle app, and an expenses sharing calculator.
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ASTRI (Applied Science and Technology Research Institute)
Hong Kong
Software EngineerJan 2005 - Jul 2008
- Worked on high-definition streaming technology specifically on electronic programming guide, picture-in-picture functionality and Chinese subtitles encoding in C on embedded Linux.
- Liaised with clients as the technical consultant to their R&D teams, gathered requirements, wrote technical specifications and fix issues on-site.
Languages
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Typescript
ES6
- Working with Typescript everyday with Node.js and React
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Python
3.8
- Use for most backend services, ETLs and automation scripts
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SQL
MySQL 5.7+, PostgreSQL
- Can join tables and stored procedures, likes to optimize queries and normalize tables
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Go, Bash, C, PHP, Ruby, VBA, HTML, CSS
- Can make things work when needed
Interests
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Volunteering
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Hobbies
- Knitting, woodworking, mycology, nature walks and meditation