Tom Tidswell

Developer

My software development career.

I’m a consultant-turned Software Engineer from Yorkshire, now living in London. Experienced designing and building many standalone Vue.js JavaScript apps for high-traffic websites.

Consultant

12 years as a Software Consultant.

Worked for IBM and Baringa, designing and developing applications in ABAP.
(a language a bit like COBOL) In 2019 I decided to modernise my skills and attend a Software Engineering bootcamp at General Assembly, focussing on full-stack dev with MERN.

What I'm looking for

Culture and learning

I want to work for a company that values learning and empowers its staff to make decisions. I want to be part of a close knit team which really cares about its product.

Technical

Many projects

JavaScript

CSS, SCSS, Sass

Vue.js and React

MERN stack: MongoDB, Express and Node.js

Python data analysis and web scraping

Chai and Mocha testing

Collaborative tooling: Git, GitHub and GitLab

API Testing: Insomnia, Postman, SoapUI, jmeter

RESTful API design

JWT authentication

Python stack: PostgreSQL, Flask and Python

XML web-service design

Experimented with

LAMP stack development

Other languages: ABAP, Visual Basic, PHP, Java

Business

Experience leading offshore development

Team lead of 10+ analysts

Agile and Waterfall experience

Multiple GDPR compliance projects

Can establish & keep stakeholder relationships

Led organisational change

Communication appropriate to audience

Business process analysis

SAP Architecture experience

Excellent professional effectiveness

Keen cook

I love experimenting in the kitchen.

The results can be a little hit and miss, so unfortunately my boyfriend isn't always that keen on the results

Cyclist

Who needs the stress of the tube.

I use London's Boris Bikes wherever I can to get around, despite the horrific traffic in London

Northerner

Born and bred in Yorkshire.

I somehow lost my accent and I'm not happy about it

Treats plants like pets

My flat looks like a jungle.

They're a fairly recent addition to the family. Somehow I haven't killed any of them yet

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