Greg Goh
Full Stack Web Developer
Liverpool, England
About
Full stack web developer and culture leader, experienced in financial and video game industries. Well-versed in full-stack web dev and API design, able to learn new stacks quickly. Interested in opportunities for collaboration and discovery. Malaysian citizen open to relocation, but will require work visa sponsorship. Let's chat!
Experience
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- Engineer @ Sainsbury'sLondon, England - HybridSummary:
- Worked with a multidisciplinary team to uplift in-store apps that are used daily by store colleagues.
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- Senior Tools Engineer @ Sony Interactive Entertainment EuropeLiverpool, Merseyside, England - On siteSummary:
- Took ownership of a newly launched internal web app as a React subject matter expert, enhancing it according to user feedback.
Highlights:
- Met with producers from studios in different regions to better understand their use cases, while also brainstorming features that would benefit them the most.
- Developed new features according to users’ needs and requests, enabling them to integrate the app into their workflows and adapt a more standardised process.
- Collaborated with the product owner and scrum master to prioritise features and bug fixes.
- Optimised existing behaviour in the web app, resulting in a more efficient user experience. This includes reducing the number of clicks needed to interact with the app by 40%.
- Refactored multiple components and end-to-end features to reduce tech debt and to utilise the latest technologies and best practices.
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- Full Stack Engineer (Associate) @ Goldman SachsBirmingham, West Midlands, England - HybridSummary:
- Led multiple agile teams through full stack development for various internal web apps.
Highlights:
- Developed a customer onboarding experience by creating web pages using React and building new microservices using Java Vert.x and OpenAPI contract specifications.
- Provided on-call support and incident management for live services impacting 500,000+ financial customers.
- Ensured code quality through automated testing, code reviews, and implementing best practices for new projects and teams, improving productivity by 25%.
- Managed and mentored separate groups of junior engineers and interns, encouraging them to express creative problem-solving while learning new skills.
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- Full Stack Engineer (Analyst) @ Goldman SachsSaratoga Springs, NY, USA - HybridSummary:
- Assisted in uplifting a legacy app by developing a new web app to help financial advisors keep track of their clients' needs.
Highlights:
- Collaborated with internal stakeholders to design a custom-fit solution that improved the user experience of internal systems, saving users’ time by 30%.
- Collected feedback on the pain points of migrating between the legacy app and the new app, in order to further refine the integration into existing workflows.
- Participated in daily stand-ups and bi-weekly sprint planning meetings to ensure alignment with project goals.
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- Software Engineer Intern @ Mandiant (previously FireEye)Reston, VA, USA - On-siteSummary:
- Assisted in developing internal tools for cybersecurity specialists. Gained hands-on experience with the software development lifecycle.
Highlights:
- Evaluated experimental Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing technology for their potential in boosting developer productivity.
- Designed and implemented a chatbot to consolidate commonly used software development workflow actions into one place, improving the team’s efficiency by roughly 10%.
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Education
Rochester Institute of Technology
Computer Science