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CV - Benjamin Lees

I have a Masters in Civil Engineering, and I enjoy solving real world problems using applied mathematics. During my degree I was introduced to programming and taught myself C#. After my degree I joined the Founders & Coders co-operative where I learnt web development using JavaScript, HTML, CSS and Node.js. When the course finished I was involved in launching its agency division, and began teaching as well as working as a developer.

SKILLS

Languages Frameworks/Libraries Testing Tools/Others Databases
Javascript Hapi.js Tape/Tap Git PostgreSQL
C# React.js Jest npm MongoDB
HTML5 Bootstrap QUnit gulp Redis
CSS3 jQuery Lab AWS Elasticsearch
SQL Leaflet.js Mocha Heroku S3
Sass Concise.css Protractor Linux
Markdown D3.js Jasmine Agile scrum
Typescript Angular 1 & 2 Karma Cordova
Underscore Jsdom Travis
Ionic Chai Codeship
Redux PhantomJS Mongo Atlas
Express CircleCI
Cytoscape
Ramda
lodash
Rxjs

Employment History

Prompt – Tech lead 11/2016 - now

Tech lead currently building a greenfield web application using Angular 2, Rxjs, Cytoscape, Node, Express and Typescript.

• Broke project down into key requirements, epics and user stories.

• Ran sprint retrospectives and sprint planning sessions introducing key agile principles into the team.

• Designed the application using sketch.

• Ran user tests.

• Built out the backend using Elasticsearch, MongoDB and Express.

• Built out the front end using Angular 2, Sass, Typescript and Rxjs.

• Designed and built an interactive graph using Cytoscape to help simplify the way in which users edit data.

• Created a testing suite including unit, integration and end to end tests.

• Set up continuous integration using CircleCI.

• Set up Dockerised developer and production servers on AWS.

• Set up Elasticsearch and MongoDB databases on AWS.

• Migrated MongoDB databases to Mongo Atlas.

• Set up Slack web hooks for all third party services to consolidate communication channels.

Arcadia – Full Stack Developer 10/2015 - 11/2016

Made a major contribution to the design of the architecture of the new Arcadia mobile application using React, Redux, Es6, Node and Hapi to produce an isomorphic application.

• Intimately involved in the hiring of new engineers as well as the training of newly hired engineers

• Took on a leadership role in a four-person squad, and also took on a leadership role in the whole team

• Personally set up the testing suite for unit and integration testing using Ava, Jsdom, Sinon.

• Set up the first implementation of BDD testing using Nightwatch and Cucumber.

• Set up an AWS API Gateway and created both node and java AWS Lambda functions.

• Involved in implementing Adobe Analytics as well as SEO optimizations.

• Personally integrated the third party reviewing service into the application.

• Established the session management system using JWT’s and cookies.

• With colleagues set up our Webpack build to compile seven separate css bundles for each of Arcadia’s

Founders & Coders – Full Stack Developer 10/2014 - 10/2015

At Founders & Coders I was a teacher, acted as a mentor, worked as a developer and dealt with clients on a daily basis. Below is a list of all the projects that I was involved in.

Education

MEng Civil Engineering (2.1) - University of Leeds - 2/10/2010 - 4/7/2014

  • Dissertation - Compiled and analysed data using STATA, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access to produce two predictive models for journey time in association with Transport For London.

  • Structural Analysis and Geotechnics - Solved complex mathematical Mechanics problems involving matrices.

  • Fluid Mechanics - Numerous labs involving the application of mathematical modelling to real-world situations using MATLAB.

  • Group design projects - Compulsory every year, these involved communication, organisation and the use of design software such as CAD, Revit as well as the modelling software Robot.

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  • Science Fiction
  • Sports - I play both rugby and squash
  • Technology - I am a technophile; I especially love voice activated devices, augmented reality and wearable solar cells.
  • Going out to the theatre,researching and eating at obscure BYOBs in London.

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