CV
+Juan M. Uys
+ +I’m a web developer with specialisation in scalability and quick starts (i.e. getting startups off the ground). Looking for exciting work in the London area, or remote.
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- How to be a dad (Home, 2013 - current) +
- Certificate in Computational Investing (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013) +
- Data Analysis (Coursera, 2013) +
- Web Intelligence and Big Data (Coursera, 2013) +
- Functional Programming Principles in Scala (Coursera, 2012) +
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Udacity, 2011) +
- Certificate Sun Certified Java Programmer (Sun Microsystems, 2007) +
- Diploma in Neural Networks (International School for Scientific Computing, 2001) +
- Qualified advanced scuba diver (NAUI, 1995) +
Roles
+ +Unleash Your Server
+ +++ +Director & freelance in London, June 2013 to current
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See the clients section on my website for more.
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- team lead for Conde Nast’s Platform Team, helping them deliver style.com +
- contract work for GOV.UK including Land Registry revamp using Python, policy management for Home Office using Scala +
- credit scoring and historical finance data parsing for a company in California +
- a service marketplace modelled on an order book for a Bank Of America veteran +
- solving the age-old British problem of the queue for a startup in Shoreditch +
pollarize.me
+ +++ +Co-founder in London, March 2012 to March 2013 (evenings and weekends)
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- startup that spun out of us winning Startup Weekend 2012 +
- A/B polling in the same vein as polarb, state.it, thumb.it, etc +
- fully distributed architecture making ample use of 3rd party APIs +
Net-A-Porter.com Group
+ +++ +Java Developer in London, Jan 2007 to Aug 2013
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- introduced Scala to the company in 2009 +
- hackday champion 2011, showcasing a mobile app for the budding fashion scout +
- CMS and workflow using Alfresco and Activiti +
- translation service integrating with 3rd party translators and CMS system +
- search and sitemap automation using Spring Batch, Apache Nutch and Solr, later ElasticSearch +
- gluing together parts of our CI system using Lift (Scala) +
- PCI-compliant payment system and credit card database +
BeatThatQuote.com
+ +++ +Java & Ruby developer, employee #5 in London, 2005 to 2006
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- acquired by Google +
- UK’s fastest growing startup in 2005 and HSBC award for best start-up in London +
- aggregating and selling finance leads using custom backend system +
- implemented direct-2-broker system using Ruby on Rails, cutting out underwriters +
Etc
+ +++ +Developer in London and Johannesburg, 2002 to 2005
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- marketing database systems for the private healthcare group Cambian (.NET) +
- re-jigging the website for the UCEA (.NET) +
- cloud management platform VITAL (.NET) +
- IT consultation for TAIB securities (private bank) +
- CMS and document management for Investec +
- lease management software for a large fleet +
- full-stack dev for an Internet advertising company +