Arif UllahAn adept Computer Programmer with added experience in mentoring and leading development teams, focusing on web and application development from Lancashire, UK. Love DIY, music, car detailing and car maintenance. Also fond of snapping a DSLR camera.
Summarised below highlights areas of knowledge and skills from a development perspective. For a more detailed use of technologies, please see the next section.
Capable of designing web applications prior to coding them by producing mockups in Adobe Photoshop or simply by drawing up wireframes.
Able to fluently code front-end web applications and sites utilising numerous modern tools and techniques such as NPM, Sass, jQuery and Ajax.
A back-end PHP developer, having since expanded onto following OOP and MVC principles, including utilising frameworks such as Laravel.
Experienced with executing DDL and DML queries on MySQL/AuroraDB in addition to working with NoSQL and IMDBs such as Redis and Memcached.
Illustrated are a few focal points of the utilised development stack, including some of the tools, practices and technologies employed.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified - Associate
Adopting clean semantic markup for the web.
Features of CSS3 marked up and compiled via Sass.
For building more dynamic apps via jQuery and Ajax.
Utilised for programming logic and compute intense tasks.
The most popular and extensive PHP framework.
For integrating with internal and third-party services.
Experience with Bootstrap, UIKit and Semantic UI.
Use of RedHat, CentOS, Debian and Amazon Linux.
Efficient use of command line on macOS and unix based OS'.
Continuous Integration with the use of git.
Utilised for implementing third-party packages into projects.
An AWS Certified and accomplished Full Stack Developer, experienced with leading development teams and capable of working both independently and as a team. Possesses the ability to proficiently code and program in HTML, CSS/Sass, JavaScript, OOP/MVC PHP with Laravel, MySQL/NoSQL/Redis databases, APIs and utilising Git, Unix Command Line amongst other tools, software and CMS solutions.
Download C.V.Illustrating the back-bone of an individual's knowledge and skills; the academic history, formal learning and acquired certifications can be found below.
AWS Certified Developer - Associate. Certification valid from September 2019 to 2022.
Services: IAM, EC2, Elastic Load Balancer, Route 53, Simple Storage Service (S3 with Encryption and CORS), RDS, ElastiCache, CloudFront and Transfer Acceleration, Lambda, API Gateway, X-Ray, DynamoDB, DAX, KMS and Encryption, Simple Notification System (SNS), Simple Queue Service (SQS), SES, Elastic Beanstalk, Kinesis (Streams, Firehose, Analytics), CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CloudFormation and SAM, Cognito, CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
First Class Honours Degree in Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons) Computing. Attended from 2012 to 2015.
Modules: Multimedia Development, Information Systems and Database, Web and Mobile Development, Advanced Web Techniques, E-Learning Multimedia, Data Engineering and e-Commerce Software Development.
Attended Sixth Form from 2010 to 2012.
Studied: Law, Psychology, Business, ICT, Critical Thinking and General Studies at A-Level.
Modules: English Legal System, Sources of Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Law Case Study. Approaches, Research Methods, Gender, Remembering and Recall, Social Psychology and Cognition, Individual Differences, Forensic Psychology, Schizophrenia, Social Development, Mood Disorders and Debates. Planning and Financing a Business, Managing a Business, Strategies for Success, The Business Environment and Managing Change.
Attended from 2005 to 2010.
Studied: English Language, English Literature, ICT, Manufacturing, Mathematics, Media, Religious Education and Science (Biology, Physics and Chemistry) at GCSE level with Adult Numeracy.
Results: 2x A*'s, 4x B's and 2x C's.
From designing to programming, every aspect has been curated to build the final outcome; aiming to produce functional and aesthetically pleasing sites and applications. A selection of the most recent work can be found here.
Developed in 2021 for Exertion, a software development company working towards building its brand identity.
Developed from 2016 onwards for Dixons Carphone, a system which keeps track of all customer complaints.
Developed from 2015 onwards for Dixons Carphone, an exclusive tool for all Currys and Carphone Warehouse customers.
Developed in 2012 for SkinsBuy, an online bulletin board software theme developer and retailer.
Developed in 2012 for an open-source project, NITDroid, which aims to porting the Android OS to Nokia devices.
Developed in 2013 for Al Madina, an Indian fast-food takeaway from Derbyshire to primarily increase their online presence.
Developed in 2014, a fictitious ecommerce computer hardware retailer for my FYP whilst at university.
Developed in 2014 for BME, an independent record label founded by Grammy Nominated artist The Game.
Developed in 2014 whilst at university, a calendar booking system for nurses to schedule their working rota.
Developed in 2013 for ForceUnlock, an online service-provider offering a free mobile SIM unlocking service.
Developed in 2011 for SFO UG, a popular community forum for an online multiplayer game of Street Fighter vs X-Men.
Developed in 2009 for The Cash Store in Canada, as an entry to their crowd-sourced crowdSpring project.
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Office 4, 225-227 Bacup Road, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 7PA United Kingdom
(+44) 788 388 6344
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