Career

Software Developer (BHDG Systematic Trading)

11/2021 – Present · London (UK)

Hedge fund in London trading commodities using systematic strategies.

• One of the go-to Kubernetes engineers on the team (CKA certified), building and operating containerized services in production.
• Build and maintain a trade management web application in React.js and TailwindCSS.
• Work across the trading stack, including market data collection/adjustments and execution applications (handling the quirks of different markets).
• Build internal tools for research and model iteration, including preparing and rolling out model weight updates.
• Modernize and upgrade legacy Ruby on Rails services, shipping reliability improvements and big performance wins (including long-running jobs reduced from hours to seconds).
• Run research/support tasks to help drive new model ideas, and support newer hires with onboarding and day-to-day guidance.
• Contribute to team culture through enthusiasm and approachability, helping keep the team engaged and collaborative.

Contact: Irfan Nazir (Deputy Head of Model Technology) (on request).

Technical Software Lead (GrowYourOwn)

02/2021 – Present · Remote (Part-time)

Start-up manufacturing indoor mushroom growing kits for individuals and businesses.

• Lead all software work, including managing a small team (2 programmers).
• Build an environment sensing/control system on Raspberry Pi connected to sensors and actuators.
• Log customer and device data in AWS, and provide tooling to monitor and manage deployed units.
• Develop a React.js web app for customers to view their Pi units and edit settings.
• Write embedded Python software to manage atmosphere levels in container farms and grow boxes.
• Assign tasks to teammates while balancing growth opportunities and strengths.

Contact: Nino Hannane (CTO) (on request).

Freelance App Developer (Flutter) (Fiverr)

01/2020 – 04/2020 · Remote

Delivered client applications in Flutter on short timelines.

• Built mobile apps in Flutter, typically delivering within 30 days per project.
• Shipped for both Android and iOS.
• Integrated applications with clients' REST APIs.

Junior Software Developer (C# / Visual Basic / Unity VR) (Blackman & White)

06/2020 – 09/2021 · Maldon (Essex)

Company manufacturing and selling custom CNC machines.

• Built a C#/Unity VR demo showcasing CNC machines.
• Created data visualizations in AWS Kibana that became a customer-facing productivity product.
• Helped develop ZebraCut, a C# application that controls CNC machines.
• Wrote code that directly affected how customer CNC machines operate in the field.
• Presented at the University of Essex about the role and day-to-day work.

Contact: Dr. David Birch (Team leader) (on request).

Webmaster's Assistant (Part-time) (Sonic EMEA Voyages)

09/2016 – 01/2018 · Paris, France (Remote)

Travel agency.

• Provided general technical support via TeamViewer and occasional on-site visits.
• Managed SMTP mail servers and supported the company's website.
• Updated the website to add information as the company grew.

Contact: Sullivan Maziere (on request).

Computer Science BSc (Hons), First Class Honours

University of Essex

10/2017 – 06/2020

• Welcome Week Best Presentation (2017): won first place during a team exercise in the first week of university as Team Leader.
• BT “Capture The Flag” hackathon (2018): competed in a security hackathon during first year.
• Invited back as a guest speaker for a lecture one year after my first job as an example success story.
• GCode visualiser awarded best capstone project of the year.

Relevant modules: Artificial Intelligence. Computer Security. C++ Programming. Web App Programming. Data Structures. Application Programming.

Dog Gender Quiz / ML Model

React.js / Python / ResNet18 · 1-day build (27-02-2026)

A one-day project inspired by lessons from the fast.ai course (taken in my free time): humans are pitted against a fine-tuned image model to guess a dog’s sex from a single photo.

• React frontend where users guess the answer, then see the model’s confidence score.
• Backend serves a fine-tuned ResNet18 trained on a dog image/features dataset (including puppies).
• Hard problem by nature: the model reaches about 56% accuracy, roughly similar to human-level accuracy.
• Interesting model behavior: confidence jumps when clear sex-specific anatomy is visible, suggesting it learned meaningful visual cues.

GrowYourOwn stack

React.js / AWS / Python · 02/2021 – 2023

A suite of services and applications that make managing mushroom farms easier, including a web application for customers to manage container farms and at-home grow kits.

Blackman and White GCode Simulator

C# / Unity / SteamVR · 09/2019 – 06/2020

A VR CNC machine showroom/simulator that started as my university capstone project and continued during my time at Blackman and White.

• Real-time VR simulation of CNC machines (Unity + SteamVR).
• Includes a GCode interpreter: accepts GCode files and simulates cutting operations.
• Generates cut models dynamically from GCode.

ZebraCut

C# plugin for Rhino3D · 09/2019 – 06/2020

Plugin enabling users to control CNC machines directly from CAD software (developed alongside Dr. David Birch).

CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)

A practical certification that demonstrates real-world ability to administer Kubernetes clusters.

• Comfortable operating and troubleshooting cluster workloads.
• Hands-on knowledge of networking, scheduling, storage, and security basics in Kubernetes.

IMC (Investment Management Certificate)

A foundation qualification for the UK investment industry, covering core concepts used in investment management.

• Covers markets, instruments, portfolio concepts, and the investment environment.
• Includes a strong focus on professional standards, ethics, and regulation.