resume.yml

basics:
  name: Alicia Sykes
  email: hello@aliciasykes.com
  url: https://github.com/lissy93
  location:
    address: London, UK
personal-statement: Accomplished Software Engineer with a over a decade of professional experience
  and proven track record of leading high-impact projects. Expert in optimizing performance,
  enhancing quality, and delivering user-centric solutions for top-tier organizations.
  Dedicated mentor, passionate open-source advocate, and active contributor to the developer community.
extra-links:
  work_history:
    text: See all previous roles at linkedin.com/in/aliciasykes
    link: https://linkedin.com/in/aliciasykes
  projects:
    text: See example projects built with each technology at apps.aliciasykes.com
    link: https://apps.aliciasykes.com/
education:
- institution: Oxford Brookes
  area: Computer Science
  studyType: BSc
  startDate: ''
  endDate: ''
  score: 1st Class Honors. Winner of British Computer Society Best Final Year Project Prize. President of Computing Society.
work:
- name: AND Digital
  position: Principal Engineer
  startDate: 2022-08
  endDate: Present
  highlights:
  - Lead the development of a white-labelled app for Frasers Group, with 1M downloads
    and 4.8/5 rating (React Native)
  - Planned and coordinated many mini projects to upskill a team of 8-12 associates
    alongside my client work
  - Organised and hosted bi-weekly engineering guild and knowledge transfer sessions
    for 40 engineers
  - Worked on large scale migrations to newer and more maintainable tech stacks for
    Lloyds Bank and International SOS
- name: Galaxy
  position: VP of Frontend Engineering
  startDate: 2020-06
  endDate: 2022-05
  highlights:
  - Led the development of a high-performance OTC Electronic Trading platform which
    facilitated over $1b of trading volume
  - Spearheaded a major refactor of the existing codebase, enhancing performance by
    50% and reducing technical debt, resulting in faster load times and a smoother
    user experience.
  - Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including backend engineers,
    UX/UI designers, and product managers, to ensure seamless integration of frontend
    components with backend services.
- name: Freelance
  position: Contract Software Engineer
  startDate: 2018-01
  endDate: 2020-06
  highlights:
  - Engineering lead on the Shell Recharge app (React Native)
  - Developed a high quality reusable component library, for a new challenger bank
    (React, TypeScript, Storybook)
  - Developed a dashboard to calculate and display vehicle idling and CO2 metrics
    for Machine Max (Rasp Pi, Node, React)
- name: Accenture
  position: Developer
  startDate: 2014-05
  endDate: 2019-01
  highlights:
  - Took lead on the 3D/AR work for the B&Q bathroom planner (Angular, A-Frame)
  - Lead a team of apprentices on the Accenture UKI Innovation Programme (Google Glass,
    React, D3.js)
  - Also supported with the roll-out of Universal Credit (Java), Boots NHS Prescriptions
    integration (Node.js), E.ON Next Smart Meter portal (React) and the Post Office
    Kiosk Terminal
skills:
- name: Frontend
  keywords:
  - React
  - Svelte
  - TypeScript
- name: Backend
  keywords:
  - Go
  - Rust
  - Node.js
  - Python
  - Java
  - PHP
- name: Mobile
  keywords:
  - Kotlin
  - Swift
  - React Native
  - Flutter
- name: DevOps
  keywords:
  - Ansible
  - Kubernetes
  - Prometheus
  - GitHub Actions
- name: Cloud
  keywords:
  - Vercel
  - Netlify
  - GCP
  - Azure
- name: Databases
  keywords:
  - PostgreSQL
  - SQLite
  - Redis
  - MySQL
  - MongoDB
projects: []
achivments:
- I'm among the [top 100 developers](https://gitstar-ranking.com/Lissy93) on
  GitHub worldwide, with 50k stars and 10M Docker downloads. I maintain over
  [100 open source projects](https://apps.aliciasykes.com/),
  attracting 1M+ annual unique users.
- Outside of work, I actively engage in developer communities.
  I have 10k subscribers to my [DEV.to blog](https://dev.to/lissy93),
  10+ wins in global hackathons, and rank in the top 1% of contributors
  on [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/users/979052/alicia-sykes).
  As a frequent [open-source contributor](https://github.com/lissy93),
  I have written [over 1M lines of code](https://codestats.net/users/alicia).
- This year I earned a place on the [Open UK Honors list](https://openuk.uk/community/openuk-honours-lists/2024-honours-list/)
  for contributions to the tech and open source sector.
  I was among 10 developers selected to take part in the prestigious [GitHub Accelerator](https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/2024-github-accelerator-meet-the-11-projects-shaping-open-source-ai/#web-check-bringing-security-to-the-web) program, (in partnership with Microsoft's M12 fund),
  where I developed and launched an AI-powered security insights tool, being used by 10s of thousands of organisations world-wide.