Experience

Technical Product Owner & Software Engineer - Sky/Comcast (Nov 2022 - Present)

  • Defined MVP scope and led sprint planning for a critical editorial CMS, enabling Sky News and Sky Sports editors to publish content eMiciently across high-traffic platforms.

  • Technical Project management: owned end-to-end delivery of multiple projects including backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, task estimation and Jira board management. Also worked with product managers and engineering leadership to define MVP scope and delivery targets.

  • Collaborated with product managers and stakeholders to define technical requirements and improve platform reliability. Also, regularly presented technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders within the company.

  • Led CI/CD pipeline initiatives improving deployment efficiency by 50%, collaborating across engineering teams to define best practises. Tech stack included Cicle CI, GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild.

  • Collaborated with product managers and stakeholders to define technical requirements and improve platform reliability. Also, regularly presented technical solutions and demos to non-technical stakeholders within the company.

  • Led end-to-end delivery of a greenfield AWS search platform, aligning cross-functional teams and technical architecture to business search requirements. Delivered solutions using AWS services aligned to scale and reliability goals.

  • Experience with mentoring a team of junior graduates that joined the software engineering academy

Associate Software Engineer (Oct 2019 – Nov 2022)

  • Worked closely with product and technical teams within the Sky Sports department to rebuild the Horse Racing Website using newer tech.
  • Completing coursework and dedicating time to complete my degree modules alongside work
  • Regularly attending team ceremonies and pair with more senior team members

Apprentice Software Engineer (Apr 2018 - Sep 2019)

  • Working towards an ICT Level 4 development qualification as part of Sky’s Software Engineering Academy whilst gaining on the job training and experience.