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I am a Senior Software Engineer working on customer facing and internal web apps for a weight loss organisation. I am passionate about delivering a highly responsive and intuitive UI to bring an exceptional experience and functionality to the end user. I am experienced in implementing software design patterns to solve commonly occurring problems and using SOLID principles to produce enterprise level software. I live, sleep and breathe code and am passionate about using my skills to create amazing applications.

• Writing API's that are consumed by our Public Website, Member Web App and Mobile App
• Writing Unit Tests
• Carrying out code reviews through PR's
• Responding to production issues to keep a large platform running
• Using source control and GitFlow branching strategies
• Running stand-ups, sprint planning and retros
• TDD, BDD, CI/CD, SOLID, Agile, XP Values

• ASP.NET full & ASP.NET Core, React, Rails, XCode, Node, Angular, EF & EF Core, MongoDB, SQL Server
• Docker, Kubernetes
• C#, Javascript, Ruby, Swift
• Azure, Azure Active Directory, Application Insights, Blue/Green Deployments (Using Slots)
• Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Xcode, Eclipse
• TeamCity, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, Proget
• NUnit, XUnit, SpecFlow, XCTest, RSpec, Capybara, Jasmine, Karma, Protractor
• Releasing to Apple & Google App Stores

• Git, GitFlow, Github, BitBucket, VSTS
• Agile Development & Scrum
• Cross Functional Teams
• Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment

• Fully immerse myself into quickly learning new languages, frameworks and technology. Pair programming to maximise potential. Regular attender of Nottingham Meetups to keep abreast of new tech and opportunity to strengthen my knowledge.
• Curious nature with a passion to embrace and learn new technologies and solutions to provide great experiences for the end user.

• Articulate ideas and complex concepts to members of the team including our distributed team working in Minsk and Hyderabad. Feedback from team and pair partners have noted my ability to present, explain and discuss ideas and strategies clearly.
• Commitment to working in an Agile environment. Have scrum mastered projects where I have led stand-ups, sprint planning and retros.

• I thrive on succeeding as part of a team. I work on personal projects and spend time researching new technologies to enrich the stack.
• Strong believer in a can-do attitude. Passionate about SOLID principles and producing clean code.

• Europe's leading web development bootcamp
• Highly selective admission process
• Independent learning and problem-solving
• Strong emphasis on pair programming and group projects
• Best practice of key principles: OOP, TDD, SOLID, MVC, Agile Methodologies & XP Values

• BA (Honours) in IT & Computing with QTS (First Class)
• FDSC in Computing in first year (Computer Games Development)
• Awarded a scholarship in second year for being in the highest performing 10%

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• Spending time with family & friends
• Drinking coffee
• Cooking & eating good food
• Brewing my own beer (I do a good IPA )
• Playing & watching sport
• Gardening
• Listening to music & going to gigs

• Email - [email protected]
• Web - www.chriscodes.co.uk
• LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/chris-coates