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I am an enthusiastic Full-Stack Junior Software Developer with a career spanning four countries, working in tech for two years. Being an active, independent self-learner, Makers was the natural choice of bootcamp for me to continue my coding journey. The most exciting thing for me in this industry is how innovation, creativity and a focus on user experience are points of pride. I am looking to bring my tech and soft skills into a supportive, agile environment, where I can keep building my career on the same principles and contribute to meaningful projects.

Working in agile, multi-disciplinary teams during my time in both HR and IT, proved invaluable during group projects at Makers, due to the diversity of backgrounds in my cohort. I also have extensive HR experience working in international teams, where I had to be inclusive in my communication in people-facing roles. This allowed me to contribute to delivering Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) under the guidance of a simulated product owner over 2-day sprints, focusing on using agile methodologies in a team context; I was also scrum master and documented the coding journey.

Whilst pursuing the intensive course at Makers Academy, I drew heavily on my experience as a Software Development Trainee at Dogs Trust, where I delivered projects in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Dynamics 365 on-cloud and developed solid foundations in SQL and database management; among them the integration of a third party service which replaced a paper voucher scheme for partner vet practices and migrating database functionality to the cloud, in line with GDPR practices.

As a Recruitment Officer, I was part of a year-long working group that lead to the successful implementation of a third party bespoke recruitment system. As the most tech-savvy person in the team, I acted as liaison, translating requirements and communicating them to the tech team. The project's result was an increase response rates to candidates, it eliminated incomplete applications and led to faster selection times - crucial improvements when dealing with hundreds of applications on a weekly basis.

Before discovering my passion for coding, I was a Recruitment Officer for Dogs Trust, advising and supporting managers in over 75 locations across the UK and Northern Ireland on all recruitment-related matters. During my tenure, I acted as interim team leader, managing a team of two, and led on the recruitment of approximately 300 hires per year.

Dogs Trust, London - Systems Development Trainee (Jan 2018 to Oct 2019)

• Delivered integration of a 3rd-party online service with the internal database, which replaced a paper voucher scheme for partner veterinary practices.
• Worked on a project migrating functionality from MS Dynamics CRM 2016 to Dynamics 365 online, building secure and privacy-focused services, in line with GDPR.
• Carried out data model redesign and associated data migration to Dynamics 365, using SQL and Scribe.
• Customised existing Dynamics 2016 - extending existing entities, building new forms, workflows and views using JavaScript.
• Tested solutions against deliverables before deployment to production.

Dogs Trust, London - Recruitment Officer (June 2016 to Dec 2017)

• Led implementation of third-party applicant tracking system, streamlining recruitment for internal and external stakeholders.
• Planned and coordinated the recruitment of 300 positions/year across 75 UK locations.
• Coached and supported managers on recruitment procedures, timelines and best practices.
• Interim management of the recruitment function, supervising and training a team of two administrators, providing services to 130 hiring managers.

Philip Morris International, Poland - HR Generalist (May 2013 - Apr 2016)

EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Austria - Procurement Intern (Aug - Dec 2012)

Hewlett-Packard, Romania - Customer Service Analyst (Dec 2010 - Jul 2012)

Philip Morris, Romania - Operations Assistant (Oct 2009 - Mar 2010)

Philip Morris, Romania - Junior Sales Development Executive (Jul 2008 - Oct 2008)

• JavaScript, React, jQuery, Node.js, Jest
• HTML &CSS
• Ruby, Rails, Sinatra
• SQL, PostgreSQL
• Heroku
• TDD, BDD, DDD
• Build tooling, CI/CD, Travis
• Object Oriented Programming
• Agile methodologies
• XP values

Birkbeck, University of London, London - JavaScript course (Jan - March 2019)

QA - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Configuration and Customisation (June 2018)

University of Bucharest, Romania - BA in International Relations and Political Science (June 2009)

English, French, Romanian, Polish