Greg Goh

Full Stack Web Developer

London, England
gohliang@gmail.com • +44 7474 270816 • https://www.linkedin.com/in/gohliang/
Greg Goh

About

Full stack web developer and culture leader, experienced in retail, financial services, and digital entertainment 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 living in London on a Skilled Worker visa. Let's chat!

Experience

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    Engineer @ Sainsbury's

    London, England - Hybrid

    Summary:

    • Worked with a multidisciplinary team to uplift in-store apps that are used daily by store colleagues.

    Highlights:

    • Led a team in a cross-functional initiative to introduce new capabilities in Argos stores, with the goal of optimising the customer experience.
    • Developed a NextJS app as part of the above initiative that allows customers to initiate a self-serve mission, simplifying their visit in the store.
    • Improved a colleague-facing NextJS app to enable colleagues to handle multiple types of in-store collections.
    • Worked closely with a Product Owner and UX Designer to iterate on the colleague and customer experience of using our apps, and build features that address user feedback.
    • React
    • NextJS
    • TypeScript
    • Tailwind CSS
    • Node
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • PostgreSQL
    • Git
    • Docker
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    Senior Tools Engineer @ Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

    Liverpool, Merseyside, England - On site

    Summary:

    • 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.
    • React
    • Redux
    • Node
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
    • PostgreSQL
    • Git
    • Docker
    • Jenkins
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    Full Stack Engineer (Associate) @ Goldman Sachs

    Birmingham, West Midlands, England - Hybrid

    Summary:

    • 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.
    • React
    • Redux
    • JavaScript
    • Java
    • Spring Boot
    • ReactiveX
    • Vert.x
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • Gitlab
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    Full Stack Engineer (Analyst) @ Goldman Sachs

    Saratoga Springs, NY, USA - Hybrid

    Summary:

    • 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.
    • React
    • JavaScript
    • Java
    • Spring Boot
    • MongoDB
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • Gitlab
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    Software Engineer Intern @ Mandiant (previously FireEye)

    Reston, VA, USA - On-site

    Summary:

    • 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%.
    • Python
    • Machine Learning
    • Keras
    • SciPy
    • NumPy
    • scikit-learn

Projects

Skills

  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Redux
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Node
  • PostgreSQL
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MongoDB
  • Git
  • Python
  • C#
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind

Education

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