Adam Piper

Frontend software engineer

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About

I am a Frontend Engineer with 5 years experience, focusing on JavaScript development and working in an agile, cross-functional product team. I am a passionate product focused engineer who loves innovation, taking ownership, but also working collaboratively with a team. Over the last year I have also gained experience in management and leadership, helping to grow the careers of two graduates. Mentorship, knowledge sharing and learning are things that I value greatly.

Education

University of Portsmouth

2013 - 2017

BSc Computer Science

Soft Skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication

  • Coding and development best practice

  • Feedback loops

  • Taking Ownership

  • Teamwork

  • Transparent and honest

  • Customer and product focused

  • Innovation

  • Attention to detail

  • People Management

  • Agile and growth mindset

Experience

Software Engineer

EValue

Apr 2022 - Present

Newbury/Remote

  • I have worked on various FinTech products with a MERN stack

  • I have mentored and managed two graduates, shaping their career from zero JavaScript knowledge to becoming junior engineers.

  • We worked in cross-functional product squads with agile ways of working, using the Scrum framework.

Projects

  • EVPro

    A B2C financial planning tool used by financial advisors. We built this web app using React, Express, Apollo GraphQL, MongoDB and tested using React Testing Library, Jest and Mocha for the backend

  • Digital Advice

    A B2C financial planning tool which is aimed to be more automation focused to alleviate the need for a financial advisor. We built this web app using React Typescript, TypeGraphQL, Apollo GraphQL

  • Cypress integration

    I lead the adoption of Cypress E2E testing into the Digital Advice tool

Technologies

  • React

  • Typescript

  • GraphQL

  • MongoDB

  • NodeJS

  • Jest

  • Cypress

  • React Testing Library

  • Express

  • Storybook

  • Styled Components