Tim Burrows

Extended the Bloomberg ingestor service to accurately stream real-time settlement dates for over 50 currency pairs as part of its currency rates subscription. Rewrote a critical component of the foreign exchange platform to enhance its performance and reliability.

Enhanced collaboration and streamlined processes by spearheading pragmatic version control, code reviews, and configuring CI/CD pipelines, leading to a 30% reduction in time to production per feature. Developed and deployed an image-to-video processing service on a Kubernetes cluster, enabling dynamic composition of 20-minute videos on-demand.

Designed and implemented Kolmeo's public-facing API, resulting in the successful onboarding of a high-profile client that introduced over 20,000 new properties to the platform. Mentored new developers and managed releases to production, ensuring team velocity and resolving critical P1 incidents.

Implemented data extraction services for new RETS property listings based in the United States, maintaining a high volume of internal data transforms. Wrote custom high-performance Postgres stored procedures to query large data sets efficiently.

Implemented multi-currency functionality in a core MYOB accounting product, driving significant subscription growth. Participated in workshops to form standards for effective development through methodologies such as TDD, Pair programming, and Agile/Scrum.

Planned, designed, and implemented a highly available event notifications service with redundancy and fail-over capabilities on a clustered server infrastructure. Improved the internal logging API and alert routing platform, integrating with SumoLogic for detailed aggregate logging and dashboards.

Developed new features for PetPack's custom SilverStripe CMS fork to deliver unique online marketing websites for over 80 veterinary customers. Refactored 150,000 lines of code from PHP 5.x to PHP 7.0, resulting in significant performance improvement.

Studied game design and development principles, including programming, art, and production. Gained expertise in creating interactive experiences and understanding game mechanics.

Completed a comprehensive program focusing on software development methodologies and practices. Acquired skills in various programming languages and software engineering principles.