I'm currently a Data Engineer at AutogenAI. Previously completed a Software Development BootCamp with Makers Academy. I have experience in a number of different languages and technologies such as Java, Ruby on Rails, Python, and Javascript. Before joining Makers I worked in email marketing as well as working for a primary school as a teaching assistant.
Linkedin | willoughbyhood29@googlemail.com
AutogenAI (September 2024 to Present) Data Engineer
- Sole Data Engineer responsible for maintaining and improving the reliability and scalability of the data platform
- Build applications and integrations to ingest and model data from multiple external sources
- Work directly with stakeholders to deliver reporting, analytics and automation across the businessPromoted to full time role, with responsibilities such as maintaining the data platform's reliability, and building applications to integrate external data with the platform
AutogenAI (March 2024 to September 2024) Data Engineering Intern
- Focused on improving observability and automation across pipelines using AWS, Python and Docker
- Introduced alerting and monitoring to increase platform reliability and reduce operational overhead
- Contributed to data integration projects and refactoring existing scripts into reusable components
Albany Beck (April 2023 to March 2024) Software Pioneer
- Completed training programme covering Java, Python, SQL, Spring Boot and Agile delivery
- Built REST APIs, web applications and backend services to production standards
- Applied software engineering practices such as TDD, OOP, and CI/CD in team-based projects
Makers Academy (April 2021 to July 2021) Software Development Bootcamp Graduate
- 16 week bootcamp learning Ruby, Ruby on Rails and JavaScript, plus valuable tuition learning coding practices such as Agile development, pair programming, and coordinating with others in a group to complete big projects.
Simply Business (October 2019 to December 2020)
eCRM Apprentice
- Worked in the eCRM team, primarily focussed on email marketing, running numerous successful email campaigns including the monthly newsletter, which on its own was sent to over 800k recipients per month. This required high attention to detail and involved coordinating with multiple other teams to get email campaigns ready to send on time.
- Refactored legacy integrations at AutogenAI to eliminate duplicated logic and reduce tech debt
- Introduced unit and integration testing across pipelines to prevent regressions and improve reliability
- Designed and optimised data storage structures to improve query times from minutes to seconds
- Delivered performance fixes to production pipelines while maintaining ongoing platform reliability
- Built new data integrations end-to-end with tight timelines and no additional engineering support
- Reduced integration build time from a week to less than a day through redesign and automation
- Sole Data Engineer responsible for the company’s full data platform, from ingestion to reporting
- Delivered projects that would normally involve product managers, analytics engineers, and platform teams
- Scoped, prioritised, and delivered improvements without external technical dependencies
- Worked directly with finance, product, and leadership teams to translate requirements into data solutions
- Coordinated with non-technical stakeholders to deliver integrations and reporting automations
- Improved internal processes and documentation to support future scaling
- 16 week long coding bootcamp teaching Ruby, Command line and git, not to mention valuable tuition in coding best practices such as pair programming and test driven development
- OOP, TDD, MVC, DDD
- Agile/XP
- Ruby, JavaScript, Rails, command line, git
- RSpec, Jasmine
- Intensive 4-week computer programming bootcamp focussed on C and command line
- 50% of participants drop out after the first week
- Learn Ruby Course - Codecademy - March 2021
- Learn SQL Course - Codecademy - October 2019
- Web design with HTML and CSS - London Academy of IT - March 2019
- Computer Science Course - Codecademy - Work in Progress
- Chess (1200 on chess.com)
- Cricket
- Rugby