about

24 year old data engineer based in Bradford, UK — open to relocation or remote work.

skills

languages: Python, SQL

cloud & infrastructure: AWS (S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, EventBridge, RDS), Terraform, Docker

databases: PostgreSQL

libraries & frameworks: pandas, boto3, pg8000, psycopg2, moto, dbt

testing & devops: pytest, GitHub Actions, Git, TDD, agile

monitoring: Grafana

ToteSys ETL pipeline — aug 2024 – sept 2024

collaborated across a six-person agile team, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, code reviews, and final project presentation
built a fully automated ETL pipeline across three Lambda functions: incremental extraction from a live PostgreSQL database using timestamp-based change detection, transformation into a Parquet-based OLAP star schema (7 dimension tables and 3 fact tables) using pandas and pyarrow, and loading into an AWS RDS data warehouse via SQLAlchemy
provisioned all AWS infrastructure using Terraform with remote state in S3, including separate Lambda dependency layers, resource tagging, and IAM roles
implemented CI/CD with GitHub Actions for automated Terraform deployment on merge to main, backed by a 1,214-line pytest test suite using moto for AWS service mocking
stack: Python, SQL, AWS (S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, EventBridge, RDS), Terraform, PostgreSQL, pandas, pg8000, boto3, moto, GitHub Actions

GDPR obfuscator — jan 2025 – mar 2025

versioned Python library for GDPR-compliant PII detection and obfuscation in AWS S3 CSV files
exposed as both a reusable library and CLI tool with a 515-line pytest test suite with moto-based S3 mocking
includes Black formatting, Safety dependency scanning, and DeepSource for test coverage reporting

FuelNearMe — apr 2026 – present

CLI tool fetching data from the government’s Fuel Finder REST API to find the cheapest nearby fuel stations by address using haversine distance calculations and bounding box pre-filtering
planned: integrate AWS Lambda to cache price data; enable historical price tracking
stack: Python, pandas, numpy, geopy, requests, uv

this site — aug 2023 – present

portfolio site built with Hugo and deployed on Cloudflare Pages via automated CI/CD
stack: Hugo, GitHub Actions

IT systems administrator — Mortimer Site Services Ltd (oct 2022 – present)

deploy and manage Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online infrastructure
orchestrated website modernisation and migration to a new VPS, resolving a long-standing SSL issue
migrated company data from on-premises file storage to Dropbox

operations associate — GoPuff, Leeds (jan 2026 – present)

maintained consistent employment and continued independent technical development alongside exposure to real-time inventory systems in a high-volume operational environment

freelance data engineer — self-employed via Tech Returners/Northcoders (jan 2025 – mar 2025)

delivered a GDPR-compliant PII obfuscation tool on commission against a defined client brief
packaged as a standalone Python library with a full pytest test suite, deployed against CSV data in AWS S3

Northcoders — bootcamp certificate in data engineering (june 2024 – sept 2024)

13-week intensive programme covering Python, SQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform, and data pipeline architecture

the University of Manchester — DipHE in biochemistry (sept 2021 – apr 2024)

completed two years of a BSc, awarded the DipHE qualification on exit
applied Python for data sanitisation and transformation; conducted statistical analysis (t-tests, ANOVA, regression) on experimental datasets