Aran Wilkinson

• Working in a Go team building a Local Government Governance Management product
• Previously built a cloud-native Document Management System for Government, NHS and Education customers using Golang, MongoDB, Kubernetes, KNative and AWS, serving all Civica products

• Deliver software engineering services as a contractor, specialising in Go, cloud solutions, and distributed systems
• Developed a Kafka consumer to process and save data into a PostgreSQL database as a freelance project
• Advise local businesses on simple, cost-effective technical solutions, including low-code options tailored to their needs

• Worked in a small Go team on blockchain technologies for external clients
• Worked on a Golang implementation of a new open-source blockchain technology
• Short-term six-month contract

• Golang backend using Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure, in a small Go team responsible for IoT device communication
• Led development of a Go service translating grouped device measurements into sub-second level measurement messages via RabbitMQ, dispatching them to Kafka for enhanced data processing
• Collaborated with the newly established Kafka Squad at Shell Energy to expedite the integration and adoption of Kafka
• Year-long contract

• Golang backend on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), using Cloud Spanner, Cloud SQL, and Kubernetes Engine
• Worked in a small Platform Go team of three delivering internal tools and libraries for other engineers
• Rebuilt an old Ruby on Rails Webhooks system into a scalable event-driven system using Golang, NATS and Cloud Spanner
• Built internal Protocol Buffer tooling with an automated CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions and code generation to 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