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I am a quick learner with a thirst for knowledge. I spent 2014 to 2016 at the University of Sheffield studying Maths with French, realised Computer Science was my passion, and moved courses, but COVID complications prevented me from completing the full degree. Since then I’ve worked in a role for a fund admin/accounting software firm and I’m now looking for an opportunity to start my career in Belfast after travelling for a while and completing my move. I’ve built a solid foundation in software testing, automation, and data-focused work across multiple industries, with hands-on experience in Python, C#, SQL, and VBA. I’m eager to contribute, learn quickly, and grow in a dynamic Belfast team.…I am a quick learner with a thirst for knowledge. I spent 2014 to 2016 at the University of Sheffield studying Maths with French, realised Computer Science was my passion, and moved courses, but COVID complications prevented me from completing the full degree. Since then I’ve worked in a role for a fund admin/accounting software firm and I’m now looking for an opportunity to start my career in Belfast after travelling for a while and completing my move. I’ve built a solid foundation in software testing, automation, and data-focused work across multiple industries, with hands-on experience in Python, C#, SQL, and VBA. I’m eager to contribute, learn quickly, and grow in a dynamic Belfast team.

BYRON SLATER

QA Engineer, Developer, Full Stack Developer, +2

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I am a quick learner with a thirst for knowledge. I spent 2014 to 2016 at the University of Sheffield studying Maths with French, realised Computer Science was my passion, and moved courses, but COVID complications prevented me from completing the full degree. Since then I’ve worked in a role for a fund admin/accounting software firm and I’m now looking for an opportunity to start my career in Belfast after travelling for a while and completing my move. I’ve built a solid foundation in software testing, automation, and data-focused work across multiple industries, with hands-on experience in Python, C#, SQL, and VBA. I’m eager to contribute, learn quickly, and grow in a dynamic Belfast team.…I am a quick learner with a thirst for knowledge. I spent 2014 to 2016 at the University of Sheffield studying Maths with French, realised Computer Science was my passion, and moved courses, but COVID complications prevented me from completing the full degree. Since then I’ve worked in a role for a fund admin/accounting software firm and I’m now looking for an opportunity to start my career in Belfast after travelling for a while and completing my move. I’ve built a solid foundation in software testing, automation, and data-focused work across multiple industries, with hands-on experience in Python, C#, SQL, and VBA. I’m eager to contribute, learn quickly, and grow in a dynamic Belfast team.

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I am a quick learner with a thirst for knowledge. I spent 2014 to 2016 at the University of Sheffield studying Maths with French, realised Computer Science was my passion, and moved courses, but COVID complications prevented me from completing the full degree. Since then I’ve worked in a role for a fund admin/accounting software firm and I’m now looking for an opportunity to start my career in Belfast after travelling for a while and completing my move.

I’ve built a solid foundation in software testing, automation, and data-focused work across multiple industries, with hands-on experience in Python, C#, SQL, and VBA. I’m eager to contribute, learn quickly, and grow in a dynamic Belfast team.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

French

Advanced

Spanish; Castilian

Intermediate

Work Experience

Actuarial Assistant at Zurich International Life Ltd.

September 1, 2014 - September 30, 2014

Worked on an international helpdesk assisting with running pricing models for other parts of the business. Picked up my interest in programming and specifically VBA here, eventually becoming the team’s go-to for help with macros and complex formulae.

Mortgage Remediation Analyst at Barclays

February 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017

Worked on a project dealing with mortgage cases spanning the last few decades. Originally was working on individual cases but ended up developing a ribbon-based Excel add-in and accompanying Access database to help improve how quickly the team could access the data and wound up working on that exclusively.

VBA Developer at Nexiom

August 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021

Hired to build a spreadsheet for use by the electricians to help them to calculate heat loss in properties. Built the models to calculate heat loss based on materials across a number of sheets and then an input sheet that the electricians could easily use on a tablet.

Test Automation Engineer at Paxus

August 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024

Hired as a manual tester and progressed to working on multiple test automation projects. A large scale web frontend test suite initially using Python with pytest and then moving to C# with XUnit and SpecFlow, as well as an in-depth database test suite on their MSSQL database using tSQLt. The majority of the logic was written across stored procedures and as such this job really furthered my skill with SQL and databases in general. Additional projects included testing a newly released REST API using Postman and testing the PowerBuilder frontend using AscentialTest.