Chris Perrins
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Engineering solutions for healthcare
Looking for lead engineer roles. Contact me
Experience
- 2023 - Present: ThermoFisherSenior Software EngineerAWSJavaReactScalaSpark
- Modernized, maintained, and automated ETL procedures to accommodate evolving NHS data structures, ensuring consistent data integrity and reliability.
- Led Alzheimer's treatment simulations for a pharmaceutical client as part of their clinical outreach.
- Provided mentorship to junior team members, fostering professional growth and knowledge sharing.
- 2020-2023: Livi (a.k.a Kry)Senior Software EngineerAutoHotKeyAWSDevOpsJavaNodeReact
- Served as the technical lead for a cloud migration project, transitioning on-site application servers across thousands of GP practices to a scalable cloud-based solution, reducing infrastructure complexity and enhancing system reliability.
- Broke down requirements into Jira tickets, set priorities, and defined deliverables to align engineering efforts with business objectives, while tracking and reporting progress to ensure timely delivery.
- Led the rebuild of legacy desktop client software, improving user experience (UX) and enhancing security.
- Oversaw SLAs, including uptime, and tracked incidents with documented resolutions, ensuring minimal downtime and consistent service continuity.
- 2018 - 2020: QAHead of SoftwareAWSAzureDevOpsGCPJavaManagementPythonRReactTerraformTesting
- Led a team of 3-5 software engineers in developing an online education portal to train junior team members on best practices in software development.
- Supported the growth of junior engineers by assessing their skills and providing mentorship and resources as needed.
- Collected and analysed feedback from junior engineers on various techniques for explaining software concepts, continuously improving training methods.
- Researched market trends in collaboration with the sales team to identify demand areas, then designed and launched cohort-based courses to address those needs.
- 2017 - 2018: University of ManchesterPeer Support InternPythonRESTExcel
- Enhanced operational efficiency by developing software solutions that integrated data from various spreadsheets and web APIs.
Skills
AWS ★★★★★Java ★★★★★React ★★★★★Node ★★★★★Plantuml ★★★★★DevOps ★★★★Testing ★★★★Python ★★★R ★★★Scala ★★★Spark ★★★Terraform ★★★AutoHotKey ★★Azure ★★GCP ★★