Stephen

Stephen

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ABOUT ME
A passionate lover of coding and teaching
A passionate lover of coding and teaching

I'm a passionate developer that enjoys debugging difficult problems and trying to shoe in some functional goodness while I'm there. I believe in software craftsmanship and delivering solid customer value.

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English
Edinburgh (+00:00)
Joined October 2016
EXPERTISE
3 years experience
I've recently switched from Scala to Kotlin as my favored Java++. So far, I've created a SaaS starter template https://github.com/HappyVa...
I've recently switched from Scala to Kotlin as my favored Java++. So far, I've created a SaaS starter template https://github.com/HappyValleyIO/springboard and a kotlin compiler plugin for SQL https://github.com/HappyValleyIO/sql-parser-plugin
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5 years experience
Worked in webservices and low-latency position management software in Java.
Worked in webservices and low-latency position management software in Java.
7 years experience
I've mainly used JS for building web front-ends, generally preferring Java or Scala for the Back-end rather than node.js I've created a ...
I've mainly used JS for building web front-ends, generally preferring Java or Scala for the Back-end rather than node.js I've created a number of apps for clients, including metrics dashboards, internal crud apps and some retail websites.
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5 years experience
Currently work in a DevOps team for a major tech company. In a previous role, I managed the teams metrics and operational concerns for a ...
Currently work in a DevOps team for a major tech company. In a previous role, I managed the teams metrics and operational concerns for a vital data aggregation system for equity risk systems.
2 years experience
Specifically building web-services with Spray, Akka etc. Built production services in Scala for a major tech company. I've used Scala bo...
Specifically building web-services with Spray, Akka etc. Built production services in Scala for a major tech company. I've used Scala both as a fairly tame OO language and as a more esoteric functional one.
6 years experience
Happily using shell day-to-day primarily for analysing logs.
Happily using shell day-to-day primarily for analysing logs.
RegexGrepsed
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3 years experience

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(1 reviews)
harry
harry
February 2017
very efficient and quick, would highly recommend. took a complicated task that over 50 experience users refused due to difficulty and finished it way before the expected time period
EMPLOYMENTS
Co-founder
Happy Valley IO
2017-08-01-Present
Founded software consultancy, working with a number of clients. Work ranges from entire rebuilds of legacy systems to basic web work.
Founded software consultancy, working with a number of clients. Work ranges from entire rebuilds of legacy systems to basic web work.
Java
Linux
Docker
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Java
Linux
Docker
Spring Boot
JavaScript
Vue.js
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Software Engineer
Amazon
2015-09-01-2017-08-01
Worked in personalization org on a low latency rendering engine for personalized content.
Worked in personalization org on a low latency rendering engine for personalized content.
Java
Scala
Akka
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Java
Scala
Akka
Spring Boot
Performance Optimization
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Software Developer
JP Morgan
2014-06-01-2015-09-01
Worked in position management on a low latency java system used by the equities arm of the investment bank.
Worked in position management on a low latency java system used by the equities arm of the investment bank.
Java
Linux
Spring
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Java
Linux
Spring
JavaScript
Performance Testing
Performance Optimization
Distributed Systems Engineering
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