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Samuel BoydenSB

Samuel Boyden

App and Backend Developer

€289/day
Reading, GB
0-2 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Samuel

I am a professional software developer experienced in fullstack and mobile app development work. Additionally, I have professional experience running production applications in Azure, and manually hosting via VPS providers such as Linode/Hetzner/etc. utilising containerisation & orchestration technologies like Docker.

I typically work on the following types of projects:
  • Web-facing projects - typically fullstack or just backend. I am most comfortable in the backend side of projects, however I am fully capable and willing to work on the user interface portion too, following a pre-determined design or set of requirements. I have worked on multiple internal tools for my roles using these sort of technologies.

I am familiar with Svelte/SvelteKit and React/Next for frontend development, whichever is required - or basic HTML + CSS if necessary. For a component library, I usually use Tailwind alongside shadcn (and derivatives).

For the backend portion, I am familiar with Kotlin with Ktor, Rust with Axum & Warp, Go with the standard library net/http module - and would be capable and willing to learn/use other technologies as necessary.
  • Mobile apps - I have professional experience developing mobile applications for Android and iOS using their native technologies (SwiftUI & Compose). However, I am also capable of developing in React Native with Expo.

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Certo Software – Basingstoke / Hybrid
    Graduate App Developer
    DIGITAL AND IT
    June 2024 - Today (2 years)
    Basingstoke, United Kingdom
    • Wrote a large part of the Android app redesign (>=50%) – using Kotlin.
    • Developed dynamic localisations for server-driven elements of iOS and Android applications – an Azure-based service written in C# that interfaces with HaveIBeenPwned and Google Cloud Translate and caches certain languages.
    • Developed an internal platform to improve our customer support abilities, collects logs and diagnostics – front-end in TypeScript + SvelteKit + Tailwind, backend in Kotlin and Ktor.
    • Integrated a white-label VPN service (PureWL) into app redesigns.
    • Developed a live-updating database for integration into the iOS and Android applications – front-end in HTML + Tailwind, back-end in Golang.
    • Developed iOS app redesign in SwiftUI, creating custom implementations of dialog systems, snackbar systems, intrusion detection, and more.
    Swift Kotlin Android Xcode iOS
  • BJ's Bingo
    Team Member
    HOSPITALITY
    May 2023 - May 2024 (1 year)
    Reading, UK
    Worked in a fast-paced team-oriented environment, where simultaneous money handling and perfect customer service are paramount.
  • Authentura
    Co-Founder, Primary Software Developer and Systems Administrator
    DIGITAL AND IT
    November 2021 - September 2023 (1 year and 10 months)
    Reading, United Kingdom
    • Handled the maintenance, administration and deployment of vital company virtual private servers based on RHEL and Ubuntu. Using platforms such as Linode, Hetzner and DigitalOcean.
    • Administered the business email system using Microsoft Business 365.
    • Developed important open-source tools, both command-line and graphical, using multiple programming languages, primarily in Rust, for use during company security audit processes.
    Rust GO Linux Ubuntu

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Education

  • Bachelor of Science
    University of Reading
    2024
    Bachelor of Science
  • BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma
    UTC Reading
    2020
    BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma

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