Owen RL Smith – Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

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Full Name:
Owen RL Smith
Contact:
owen@orls.co.uk (Further details available upon request)
Location:
London, UK
Nationality:
British

Core Skills

Professional Experience

Sept 2011 – present: Lead Developer at DueDil Limited, London

Wearer of Many Hats. Progressed through several roles as lead developer, team lead and senior architect, shifting as needed during company growth from seed-stage startup to growth-stage enterprise SaaS.

Data Access Layer

Most recently I conceived, designed and led the development of a GraphQL schema and server (2017-2019):

Development Efficiency

I continually supported other teams with utilities to assist feature development and developer productivity (2013-2019). Some examples include:

Data & Service Infrastructure

I contributed to several generations of infrastructure development (2012-2016):

Duedil.com Initial Development

I jointly led the rapid development of the duedil.com web platform (2011-2015):

June 2009 – Sept 2011: Senior Developer at OTHERmedia Limited, London

Progressed from Support Coordinator to Senior Developer at a mid-size digital agency.

Senior Developer: Responsible for backend web development for large public brands and e-commerce sites (30+ clients including Paul Smith, Jasper Conran, the Royal Collection, ECB, BAFTA).

Support Coordinator: Responsible for managing support and technical assistance processes.

Education

London School of Economics and Political Science, Aldwych, London

1st Class BSc (Hons) in Government and History (Sept. 2004 — July 2007)

Interests and hobbies