Natacha Tomkinson

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Senior Software Engineer,  Hurdle

January 2022 —  December 2024   3 years

• Worked in a startup environment
• Migrated functionality from PHP Laravel legacy monolith to nodejs microservices
• Closely liaised with internal and external stakeholders to scope and deliver new features
• Architected micro-services for partner's authentication with JWT
• Built user interfaces using Node.js and React.js
• Led the front-end chapter
• Organised regular knowledge-sharing sessions to ensure high-quality standards and continuous improvement
• Led the team in adopting best practices in front-end development
• Facilitated knowledge exchange and collaborated on shared initiatives such as UI component libraries and design system development
• Worked with Terraform and Serverless for infrastructure provisioning
• Designed and documented APIs
• Mentored, coached, and hired team members
• Used AWS suite
• Designed and documented APIs
• Practiced Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Learnt some Go in mobbing sessions during developer's 10% time

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Senior Full Stack Engineer,  Kano Computing

September 2021 —  December 2021   3 months

• Back-end focused
• Kubernetes
• Worked on a new platform to deliver content for the StemPlayer

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Senior Software Developer,  University of York

August 2019 —  August 2021   2 years

• Supported org-wide migration to AWS and react/nodejs
• Closely liaised with internal stakeholders to scope and deliver new features
• Mentored and paired with team members
• Participated in recruitment panels
• Developed web and mobile applications
• Created a shared React component library using Storybook
• Integrated university systems with external APIs
• Used AWS services (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge, SQS)
• Implemented event-driven architecture

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Full-stack Developer,  Rebase Interactive Limited

February 2018 —  August 2019   a year

• Built technically performant apps for clients
• Worked with Elixir, Ruby, Rails, ReactJS, Sass, CSS, and Node.js
• Used Rollup and Webpack for bundling

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Full-stack Developer,  Forward Financing

February 2018 —  August 2019   a year

• Improved ability to auto-decline deals with a high chance of failing
• Created a shared React component library
• Developed a shared TypeScript utility functions library
• Refactored statistics modules for internal-facing apps
• Worked with Ruby on Rails, React, and Elixir with Phoenix

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Web and Mobile developer,  WEARVR LLC

August 2016 —  February 2018   2 years

• Developed and maintained VR game platform
• Used automated testing
• Worked with Ruby on Rails, SQL databases, CSS, JavaScript, React, react-native, rspec, Mocha, Chai, and Jasmine

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Presales Engineer,  Amplience

May 2016 —  August 2016   3 months

• Examined client requirements and provided feasibility estimates
• Developed proof of concept solutions
• Performed client-facing demos using JavaScript

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Systems Analyst,  Amplience

March 2015 —  April 2016   a year

• Gathered requirements and helped clients implement new solutions
• Created XML metadata schemas

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Project Manager,  ChannelAdvisor

July 2013 —  March 2015   2 years

• Trained clients on SAAS solution
• Used regular expressions, FTP, and advanced Excel functions
• Implemented light VBA scripting

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Computer Science, MSc

2020  —  2023   3 years

University of York

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English teaching, C.A.P.E.S. (≈P.G.D.E.)

2006  —  2007   a year

Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III)

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English Language, Civilisation and Literature, Master 1

2005  —  2006   a year

Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III)

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English Language, Civilisation and Literature, BA

2004  —  2005   a year

Université Stendhal (Grenoble III)