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I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 6 years of hands-on experience in full-stack development and 2.5 years in project management. My expertise spans TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Python, along with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices architecture. I’ve designed and scaled platforms handling billions in transactions annually, leading initiatives that cut response times by over 85% and reduced cloud costs significantly. I also introduced robust testing frameworks and mentored engineers, improving delivery speed and code quality across teams. I thrive in remote-first environments and bring strong collaboration, leadership, and problem-solving skills. My focus is on building reliable, high-performance systems that enable meaningful impact at scale.…I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 6 years of hands-on experience in full-stack development and 2.5 years in project management. My expertise spans TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Python, along with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices architecture. I’ve designed and scaled platforms handling billions in transactions annually, leading initiatives that cut response times by over 85% and reduced cloud costs significantly. I also introduced robust testing frameworks and mentored engineers, improving delivery speed and code quality across teams. I thrive in remote-first environments and bring strong collaboration, leadership, and problem-solving skills. My focus is on building reliable, high-performance systems that enable meaningful impact at scale.

Ralph Payne

Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer, +1

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I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 6 years of hands-on experience in full-stack development and 2.5 years in project management. My expertise spans TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Python, along with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices architecture. I’ve designed and scaled platforms handling billions in transactions annually, leading initiatives that cut response times by over 85% and reduced cloud costs significantly. I also introduced robust testing frameworks and mentored engineers, improving delivery speed and code quality across teams. I thrive in remote-first environments and bring strong collaboration, leadership, and problem-solving skills. My focus is on building reliable, high-performance systems that enable meaningful impact at scale.…I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 6 years of hands-on experience in full-stack development and 2.5 years in project management. My expertise spans TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Python, along with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices architecture. I’ve designed and scaled platforms handling billions in transactions annually, leading initiatives that cut response times by over 85% and reduced cloud costs significantly. I also introduced robust testing frameworks and mentored engineers, improving delivery speed and code quality across teams. I thrive in remote-first environments and bring strong collaboration, leadership, and problem-solving skills. My focus is on building reliable, high-performance systems that enable meaningful impact at scale.

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I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 6 years of hands-on experience in full-stack development and 2.5 years in project management. My expertise spans TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Python, along with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices architecture.

I’ve designed and scaled platforms handling billions in transactions annually, leading initiatives that cut response times by over 85% and reduced cloud costs significantly. I also introduced robust testing frameworks and mentored engineers, improving delivery speed and code quality across teams.

I thrive in remote-first environments and bring strong collaboration, leadership, and problem-solving skills. My focus is on building reliable, high-performance systems that enable meaningful impact at scale.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at OVO Energy

June 1, 2022 - Present

Led end-to-end design and delivery of a Pay-As-You-Go payments platform processing £2B+ in annual transactions. Executed architectural decisions and production rollout, established robust testing framework with Jest and Cypress, mentored junior and mid-level engineers, and drove cross-functional optimization to reduce P95 response times from 3.8s to under 0.5s across key journeys. Orchestrated migration from BigQuery to Kafka for real-time data processing, reducing monthly cloud spend by £5k while improving data pipeline efficiency and latency.

Full-Stack Engineer (Contract) at Community Fibre

May 1, 2022 - October 1, 2025

Implemented front-end and back-end features within an Agile environment, leveraging a hybrid Scrum and Kanban workflow. Collaborated in a 5-engineer team maintaining four APIs and consumer-facing web/mobile apps serving over 100,000 customers. Proactively addressed technical debt, refactored legacy services, and applied clean code principles to accelerate onboarding for new engineers.

Full-Stack Engineer (Remote) [Freelance] at Freelance

August 1, 2021 - October 1, 2025

Delivered full-stack solutions for university researchers and clients. Built a React/Django app for university researchers to streamline team-work data collection; created a custom CMS for Harvard Skills Lab to enhance content creation and organization. Mentored two junior engineers through code reviews and established coding practices; contributed to rapid onboarding of new engineers.

Graduate Project Manager at Fujitsu London

October 1, 2017 - October 1, 2025

Gained early exposure to project management: gathered and documented business requirements; formed project controls covering financials, risk management, planning, resourcing, and invoicing.

Project Manager at Fujitsu London

January 1, 2019 - October 1, 2025

Owned projects valued at £1.8m, including networks, server migrations, patching, and end-user computing in the financial regulatory sector. Managed a team of 8 engineers, eliminating licensing risks of £30m and delivering a project score of 10/10. Led cross-functional optimization and stakeholder communication; oversaw delivery and client relationships.

Owner at Vinyl Beats MP3

August 1, 2016 - October 1, 2025

Established an online platform for trading vinyl records. Achieved a 99.8% customer satisfaction rating from 550+ reviews; authored and scheduled Bash scripts to automate inventory management.