Alicia Sykes CV

perm_identity About

Software Engineer with broad development knowledge, specialising in full-stack modern web applications.
Hardworking, adaptable and passionate about coding. Understands the importance of clean, good quality and well tested code.

assignment Employment

Software Engineer (Intern) @ University of Oxford
June - September 2013 (3 months)

Worked as part of a small Java team following the agile methodology. Developing software for WWARN who are working towards the eradication of resistance to anti-malarial vaccinations. Involved processing mass amounts of data, so algorithm efficiency was paramount.

Software Engineer @ Accenture, UK
July 2014 - September 2015 (15 months)

Worked accross several large government departments as a Java developer, before joining the Accenture UKI Innovation Programme, using a range of modern technologies to rapidly develop prototypes in an agile team.

Web Admin @ UTC Swindon
Part-time September 2013 - September 2014 (12 months)

Was responsible for the day-to-day running of the WordPress site, from creating and styling new pages and features to ensuring content was published promptly and never out-of-date.

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Teaching Computing
Completed UAS, A Level Computing tutor, published many educational resources

While at Uni, ran a series of after-school programming clubs at the local secondary school for year 7- 9 pupils to inspire them to get into coding. Completed the Undergraduate Ambassador Scheme, which by the end involved planning and taking full computing lessons. 1-to-1 A Level computing tutor, helped several pupils increase their grades. Developed and maintain many educational online computing teaching and learning resources, which currently are being used world-wide

Hackathons
Keen attender of coding competitions

I regularly attend hackathons and coding competitions around the country, and abroad. I love the atmosphere, and the chance to experiment with new technologies, as well as collaborate with others. I have won, or been a runner-up of several large competitions recently

Freelance Work
http://aliciasykes.com

Creating Android, iOS and hybrid mobile applications, as well as web apps and WordPress sits for small businesses, individuals and start-ups. A portfolio of my work can be found at http://aliciasykes.com/work.html Between jobs I have also worked on several open source projects.

Army Reservist
Currently serving in a London-based Army Reserve unit

Regularly attend weekend exercises, and have had the opportunity to learn a range of practical and transferable skills and gain qualifications (including the Level 5 award in Management and Leadership).

class Education

Computer Science BSc @ Oxford Brookes University
September 2012 - May 2016

Gained a first-class honours in computer science, and won the British Computer Society (BCS) award for best computing project. + Course representative and student ambassador, I was fully involved in all aspects of my course. + Founded and initially ran the computing society, which holds regular computer-science related, and social events.

A Levels @ St John's Academy, Marlborough
May 2012 - Sep 2016

Studied Economics, Physics and Computing at A Level. Business Studies and Photography for AS Level. + While studying also developed a set of interactive learning tools, including a quiz sharing website, and dynamic computing revision app. Won the governors award for economics.

list Key Skills

D3.js  Node.js  JavaScript  unit testing  Java  CSS3  CoffeeScript  npm  Ionic  HTML5  React.js  Android  Angular.js  git  PHP  Tomcat  Jenkins  Maven  Hibernate  JUnit  Ubuntu  Apache  Linux  NGINX  Swift  iOS  UX  Project-Management  Agile  

Contact

Email: sykes.alicia@gmail.com
Phone: 07742922302
Address: London

Links

Website: AliciaSykes.com
GitHub: github.com/lissy93
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aliciasykes