Lead Engineer at NatWest Bank

Leading migration of core banking app from on-premise server to another cloud-based environment. Planned and defined end-to-end migration strategy, architecture blueprint, risk assessment, and phased rollout for mission-critical banking applications. Led a team of 6 engineers, established coding standards, conducted reviews, and mentored juniors during transition to the new stack (React, NodeJS, PostgreSQL). Built RESTful backend microservices with Node.js and Express.js; deployed as containers on AWS EKS; implemented secure API gateway and OAuth2; provided customer data access through secured services.

Senior Software Engineer at Virgin Media O2 (VMO2)

Utilized latest TypeScript features (block scope, type restrictions, decorators, arrow functions, classes, interfaces, modules) to write clean, maintainable code. Implemented microservices using Node.js with NestJS, deployed on Kubernetes on AWS. Built front-end and back-end services, integrated with Jira tasks, and established CI/CD pipelines. Worked with AWS and Azure cloud environments; implemented monitoring with CloudWatch and X-Ray; contributed to provisioning via Terraform.

Senior Software Engineer at Manheim

Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git/GitLab, Jira, and Docker registry/daemon; automated configuration management; ensured efficient and error-free deployments. Built and maintained backend services; performed unit testing and integration testing; supported migration to modern tech stack.

Senior Consultant at Capgemini

Developed logistics and reporting solutions; migrated legacy VB6 and Oracle ad-hoc queries to SQL Server 2000; created Crystal Reports; tuned database queries; performed ongoing maintenance and enhancements.