Hi, I’m Gareth Smith. I’m a seasoned full-stack web developer with a strong track record across multiple companies, most recently leading the modernisation of legacy internal systems and delivering a suite of internal and customer-facing portals at HSS Hire and its successor entities. I’ve driven architectural decisions, API design, and the adoption of modern tooling and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate delivery on tight timelines. I’m comfortable across the full development lifecycle, from architecture decisions and API design through front-end development, CI/CD pipeline management and agile delivery. I’m open to roles in both traditional web development and agentic development, and I enjoy collaborating across teams to ship robust, maintainable software.

Gareth Smith

Hi, I’m Gareth Smith. I’m a seasoned full-stack web developer with a strong track record across multiple companies, most recently leading the modernisation of legacy internal systems and delivering a suite of internal and customer-facing portals at HSS Hire and its successor entities. I’ve driven architectural decisions, API design, and the adoption of modern tooling and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate delivery on tight timelines. I’m comfortable across the full development lifecycle, from architecture decisions and API design through front-end development, CI/CD pipeline management and agile delivery. I’m open to roles in both traditional web development and agentic development, and I enjoy collaborating across teams to ship robust, maintainable software.

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Hi, I’m Gareth Smith. I’m a seasoned full-stack web developer with a strong track record across multiple companies, most recently leading the modernisation of legacy internal systems and delivering a suite of internal and customer-facing portals at HSS Hire and its successor entities. I’ve driven architectural decisions, API design, and the adoption of modern tooling and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate delivery on tight timelines.

I’m comfortable across the full development lifecycle, from architecture decisions and API design through front-end development, CI/CD pipeline management and agile delivery. I’m open to roles in both traditional web development and agentic development, and I enjoy collaborating across teams to ship robust, maintainable software.

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Language

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Work Experience

Web Developer at HSS Hire / The Hire Service Company / HSS Proservice (renamed)
June 1, 2022 - April 1, 2026
Key contributor to the major modernisation programme, championing Blazor over React/Angular, delivering EQUIP—a modular .NET 8/Blazor-based portal consolidating legacy portals via service layers and microportals. Built a shared Razor component library, redesigned the Reporting Portal, and replatformed customer and staff portals. Pioneered AI-assisted development workflows (GitHub Copilot, Claude AI) and established a multi-agent development pipeline covering planning, architecture, development, UX, code review, QA and technical writing.
Web Developer at BigChange
September 1, 2021 - May 1, 2022
Improved the user alerts system, reduced codebase complexity, and contributed to regression testing, finance and security pods. Led efforts to tackle XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities worldwide, delivering a security backlog ahead of schedule and earning a company-wide commendation.
Software Engineer at Bluetree Group
October 1, 2018 - September 1, 2021
Led full-stack development for Route1Print and CRM/Product Management systems, owning APIs and integrations. Built and maintained components across C#, ASP.NET Core, Razor, Umbraco, AngularJS, jQuery, Docker, AWS, and SQL databases, contributing as lead developer on multiple features and releases.
Web Developer at Gala Graphics
May 1, 2018 - September 1, 2018
Solo full-stack development of a new e-commerce site using Node.js, EJS, jQuery, Bootstrap, and MySQL; delivered substantial back-end functionality and responsive front-end.
Graduate Support Manager at 2JCommerce
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018
Managed a team of developers, resolved client issues, oversaw Jira/Atlassian boards, onboarding, and coordinated Magento upgrades and security patches, while delivering hands-on front-end, back-end, and admin tasks.
Software Developer (Sandwich Year) at KPMD IT Solutions
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2016
Rewrote older projects (ASP/VB) into ASP.NET/VB with SQL Server databases; completed client-driven web projects and CMS websites for NHS and other clients.

Education

BEng Software Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2017
Access to HE Computing at The Sheffield College
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2013
GCSE Mathematics at The Sheffield College
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2007
Level 2 GNVQ ICT at Castle College
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2005
GCSEs (Waltheof) including English / Science at Waltheof
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2004

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education

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