Curriculum Vitae
Senior Software Engineer
Senior software engineer with speciality in Apple platforms. Passion for building well tested applications with clean code and maintainable architecture. Professional and academic experience in object-oriented design, functional reactive programming, TDD and agile development process.
Experience
DuckDuckGo
Senior Software Engineer (2022 - Present)
Part of the Apple team building and maintaining our iOS and macOS apps
- Core member of the VPN product objective
- Introduced feature flagging to both platforms
- Introduced internal TestFlight alpha build deployments to iOS
Mimi Hearing Technologies
iOS Tech Lead (February - August 2022)
Provided technical vision and leadership for the iOS SDK while also contributing individually
- Introduced feature flagging and release train processes
- Coordinated with partners on SDK requirements
- Introduced architectural and code style standards to reduce inter-team friction
SoundCloud
Senior Software Engineer (2017 - Present)
Software Engineer (2016 - 2017)
iOS representative of the cross-platform Media Streaming team. Responsibilities include:
- Technical ownership of the iOS app’s streaming and queueing logic + Playback library
- Development and maintenance of cross-platform C++ player library
- Third-party and Apple hardware playback integrations
- Tracking and monitoring of audio performance, interruptions and errors
- Providing input and assistance to features that might affect the playback UX
Previously part of the Listening team, including work on:
- Playback
- Collection
- Chromecast integration
Kotikan
Software Engineer (2013 - 2016)
- FanDuel iOS (acquired the company)
- WHO Health Stats iOS app from scratch to a tight deadline.
- Standard Life UK transactional iOS app from scratch to a tight deadline.
- Skyscanner iOS for just over a year. Responsible for adaptive UI refresh, analytics, A/B testing, price alert push notifications, independently deployable social library and built test coverage through TDD/BDD.
- Implemented automated iOS UI testing architecture building a screenshot diff library for use by the testing department.
Freelance
Audio Designer & Engineer (2008 - 2012)
- Music production, sound design, editing, mastering and programming for games, film and theatre.
Skills
- Languages:
- Expert: Objective-C, Swift
- Working experience: Ruby, SQL, C, C++, Python, Scala, Java, Javascript
- Frameworks / SDKs: Cocoa Touch, ReactiveCocoa, XCTest, Kiwi, KIF, CoreData, SQLite
- Tools: Xcode, AppCode, Git, Jenkins CI, Instruments, Fastlane, CMake, Danger, CocoaPods, Bundler, TestRail, IntelliJ, CLion
Education
University of Glasgow (2012 - 2013)
MSc with Distinction in Software Development
University of Edinburgh (2009 - 2011)
MSc in Sound Design
Newcastle University (2005 - 2008)
BA with 2:1 Honours in Music
Other Interests
Singing, playing guitar & violin, listening to music, music production, DJing, reading about politics, cycling, wakeboarding, snowboarding.
References and more detailed employment history available on request