Team Leadership and Platform Ownership

Leading a backend team of 8 developers and driving the development of Breitling's global e-commerce platform and digital presence across more than 140 countries.

High-Throughput Messaging

Designed and implemented a high-performance Azure Service Bus message processing system handling thousands of queue messages per minute.

Scalable APIs and Data Layer

Designed and developed scalable REST and GraphQL services using Redis caching and PostgreSQL to optimize data retrieval and transaction processing.

Commerce and Enterprise Integrations

Led integration initiatives spanning Adyen payments, Algolia search, Salesforce, and SAP systems.

Edge Migration and Cost Efficiency

Partnered with the engineering lead and migration team to move backend services from Akamai to Cloudflare, improving performance and reducing platform costs.

Recruitment and Team Growth

Driving recruitment for a growing backend organization while managing and mentoring developers across ongoing delivery work.

Lead Developer for 'FGC Commander'

Designed and developed an essential web application for Power Converter experts at CERN, offering comprehensive monitoring and control over Power Converters within the accelerator complex.

Architectural Designer of 'FGC-API'

Designed and developed a unified web interface specification that integrates a REST API and a websocket service for real-time access, updates, and control over Power Converter resources, with server support for both OAuth2 and RBAC tokens.

Owner of Containerisation and Orchestration project

Led a project with 2 colleagues under my wing, streamlining the onboarding process for both internal and external CERN operations using containers, and enhanced deployment setup with automatic deployments for master branch commits and a simplified CLI for various other deployment targets.

Recruitment and Talent Acquisition

Actively coordinated and implemented comprehensive recruitment strategies, including planning and conducting in-depth interviews and coding challenges to identify and onboard top-tier talent for our technical team.

Support

Provided continuous support for issues raised by colleagues in JIRA and participated in the operationally critical 24/7 on-call rotation, supporting the mission-critical Power Converter infrastructure.

Lead Developer of 'FortLogs'

Designed and developed a core data storage solution for Power Converter acquisition logs at CERN, handling various data types like analog, binary, bode, pole-zero plots, and tabular data. The system is crucial for over 5000 operational Power Converters, facilitating data management and retrieval, and integrating with multiple applications and services. Features a REST API with OAuth2 access management and a websocket service for live data streaming. Created a Python library for efficient data streaming into the platform.

Lead Python Developer

Spearheaded the team’s language migration from Perl to Python as its first python developer: Ported core libraries essential for communication and control of Power Converters and other devices using Serial (USB), TCP/IP, UDP, and GPIB protocols, with RBAC token management and proper documentation built with Sphinx. Implemented automated testing and release processes using GitLab pipelines. Conducted tutorial sessions for library users.

Research Project into Short-Sighted Probabilistic Planning

Browser fingerprinting and tracking prevention research project.