Résumé

Steven Kissack

Software Developer & Consultant

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Passion for interesting problems and solutions, focussing mainly on technical consultancy and leadership. I hold a Manx (British National) and Irish Citizenship, and have many years experience with remote teams.

Experience

Co-Founder

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Osar Consultancy

Feb 2019 -

Launch Osar Consultancy with a mission to prioritize customer satisfaction over profits. Notable projects such as a custom IoT smart-farm system. Also deeply involved with an emerging aviation start-up providing strategic & technical advisory.

Architecture Consultancy Advisory Development Planning DevOps Cloud Services Analysis IoT Python

Software Architect (Contractor)

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GreySnowPoker

Jan 2018 - Aug 2018

Created the company's web infrastructure and software architecture from scratch using Next.JS, GraphQL and Docker Swarm. Daily tasks involved team task management, development, and planning the technical roadmap in a heavily regulated industry.

Architecture React Next.js Node.js GraphQL Docker Linux Trello BitBucket

Frontend Developer (Contractor)

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Interactive Pty Ltd

May 2017 - Nov 2017

While on a sabbatical in Australia, I joined Interactive to develop client solutions for a variety of problems including but not limited to: Kiosks, Web Apps & DevOps.

React Redux React Native Webpack Electron OAuth XAML UWP Bamboo

Senior Web Software Engineer

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PokerStars

Sep 2016 - Nov 2016

After being promoted to Senior Web Software Engineer, I was part of and managed many projects involving internal and external developers. My main duties were to lead the front-end Angular development, architect and build Node.JS services, and take part in technical discussions.

Angular Gulp Node.js Express Agile Jira

Web Developer

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PokerStars

Dec 2013 - Sep 2016

Responsibilities included expanding a Perl CMS, supporting WordPress sites, managing CentOS servers and prototyping web applications whilst also helping improve our blog and TV site performance.

HTML5 CSS3 SASS LESS Linux Wordpress Perl

Software Engineer

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Iforium

Sep 2012 - Dec 2013

Main duties were to develop gambling sites and extend the back office system. I worked with C#, MSSQL, XSLT, JavaScript, and HTML, working on anything from payment provider integrations to game launching. Other projects include Linux server installs and prototyping mobile applications for clients.

C# XSLT JavaScript jQuery HTML

Education

University of Chester

Jun 2009 - Jan 2012

Bsc Hons Computer Science First Class

Isle of Man College

Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

National Dip. Computer Networking 


Skills

Frontend

Advanced
HTML5 Markdown CSS LESS & SASS Javascript Typescript React & Redux Next.js Webpack & Gulp Jekyll Hugo

Backend

Advanced
Node.js & Express Python & FastAPI GraphQL SQL & NoSQL Redis Linux OAuth 2.0 Git & SVN Version Control CI/CD & Docker Containers GCloud: App Engine (Serverless) & Cloud Builder Bitbucket & Bamboo Pipelines

Currently Learning

Embedded Systems (ESP) Blockchain & DAPP Development LLM Applications Golang 3D Modelling

Leader / Management

Jira Agile + Installation & Advanced Configuration Trello Project Tracking & Timelines Charting - Gantt, Burndown, etc Specification Writing Time Management Team Management Scrum Methodology Developer Mentoring

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