Aran Wilkinson

• Build a local-government governance product as part of an AI-native Go team, using AI throughout the development process
• Previously helped build an internal document management platform in a small team. The platform is used by Civica’s products, which serve government, NHS, and education customers. Built with Go, MongoDB, Kubernetes, Knative, and AWS

• Provide software engineering and consulting services, mainly using Go, cloud platforms, and distributed systems
• Built a Go service for a UK rail data project that consumes real-time train information from Kafka and stores it in PostgreSQL
• Help local businesses choose practical, cost-effective technical solutions, including low-code tools where they are a good fit

• Joined a small Go team delivering blockchain software for external clients
• Helped develop a Go implementation of a new open-source blockchain technology

• Built Go backend services for IoT device communication across AWS and Azure
• Led development of a Go service that converted grouped device measurements into sub-second messages, using RabbitMQ and Kafka
• Worked with Shell Energy's Kafka team to support the integration and adoption of Kafka

• Built Go backend and platform services on Google Cloud, using Cloud Spanner, Cloud SQL, and Kubernetes Engine
• Worked in a three-person platform team building internal tools and libraries for other engineers
• Replaced a Ruby on Rails webhook system with an event-driven Go service using NATS and Cloud Spanner
• Built internal Protocol Buffer tooling with a GitHub Actions pipeline for code generation in multiple languages

• Golang backend on Amazon Web Services (AWS), using Fargate, Aurora MySQL, Route 53 and Amazon MQ
• Worked in a small backend team of three delivering business requirements
• Rebuilt old Golang monoliths into scalable microservices to support global events
• Developed features powering the next generation of audience experience for sports and esports

• Golang and Python backend on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), using BigQuery, BigTable, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, GKE and Cloud SQL
• Integrated Shell services and features into the Accuport platform
• Worked on authentication and authorisation to expand the platform's security features
• Worked closely with the front-end team to deliver customer-facing features via an API-first approach

• Worked with the Ride and Boost Acceptance Rate teams to build and improve features for a better ride experience for drivers and passengers
• Daily tech: Golang, gRPC, AWS, Mesos, Marathon, Kafka and DataDog
• Took product requirements from discovery through delivery and monitoring, liaising with colleagues across multiple timezones
• Used DataDog monitoring and logging to identify issues preventing the scaling of data processing

• Technologies including Spring Boot, Golang, AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Introduced GCP for data tools processing and querying large quantities of data
• Worked closely with a colleague on architectural problems and solutions
• Identified performance issues preventing the scaling of data processing

• Used Golang, PHP, Java, Spring, RabbitMQ, Prometheus, Rancher, Terraform and AWS
• Helped Dining Club Group rebuild their infrastructure to support their brands tastecard, hi-life and Gourmet Society
• Architected modern infrastructure with clients using Terraform and CloudFormation
• Worked closely with Hermes to deliver the Pulse Replacement Project, including on-call support for parcel processing
• Introduced Grafana and Prometheus monitoring for Dining Club Group and the Pulse Replacement Project

• Used Golang, Java, Spring and PHP; managed client systems and an internal GitLab server on AWS
• Worked on the Icelolly re-platforming project and a cloud-based rebuild of the Wisdom eDRM platform
• Helped RAM Tracking modernise away from a legacy Delphi system to AWS and Spring Boot
• Worked with University of Huddersfield lecturers to deliver the Advanced Web Programming module

• Built the real-time match-day mode for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in PHP
• Implemented an internal Grunt task runner to simplify the build process across multiple developers
• Monitored and maintained internal build systems and servers
• Mentored and code-reviewed junior web developers
• Worked on an event pre-booking system for town centre car parks

Co-organised and mentored at a community coding meetup in Huddersfield.

Go services that process real-time UK train information, using Kafka and PostgreSQL.

• Real-time ingestion and processing of UK rail data feeds

• Go
• Kafka
• PostgreSQL

BSc (Hons), Computer Science Innovation