I am an experienced programmer and team leader focused on distributed systems, systems programming, and automation. I have a strong background in Rust and Nix, with a proven track record of managing both technical projects and operational teams. I have built efficient, scalable systems while fostering independent, high-quality engineering within my teams.

Education

The University of Sheffield

BSc Computer Science

10/2024 – 06/2028

Predicted First class honours

Relevant Courses

COM1002: Foundations of Computer Science

Score: 94/100

Work

Swift News

Co-Founder

08/2018 – 06/2022

Co-founder, operated and built software to manage a paper delivery company.

Highlights

FastAPI (Python) CMS for 70 customers, automating invoicing via SMTP email or post and centralizing customer data.
Automated scheduling for 5 employees, eliminating manual daily planning and improving operational reliability.
Maintained production systems, ensuring daily schedule delivery, monthly invoicing, and regular customer data backups.

Sheffield Students' Union

Senior Stage Manager

01/2024 – Present

Am responsible for a team of people running live events for gigs and night club events.

Highlights

Manage a team of up to 7 staff during live events, ensuring tasks are completed on time.
Coordinate sound, video, and lighting teams.
High-pressure operational decision-making ensuring issues are resolved without attendees noticing.

Awards

Distinction – Global Engineering Challenge

School of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield

01/2025

Awarded a Distinction for cross-disciplinary teamwork on public transportation improvement.

Projects

Prime Number Miner

02/2024 – Present

Wrote a distributed system written in Rust to calculate and verify large quantities of prime numbers across multiple (web) clients.

Highlights

Implemented work validation system to prevent duplicate or malicious submissions.
Container-based deployment using Podman/Docker.
CI/CD verification pipelines to avoid system outages.

NixOS Infrastructure & Dotfiles

2023 – Present

Wrote a declarative system configuration managing multiple machines. Managing 3 devices including one cloud server, which hosts all of my personal projects.

Highlights

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Nix Flakes and Home Manager.
Automated deployment of development environments.
Centralized and synchronized configuration and secrets across local and cloud systems to reliably deploy personal projects.

Skills

Programming Languages

Rust Python Java Haskell Ruby Nix JavaScript

Systems & Infrastructure

NixOS Linux/Unix GitLab CI/CD Docker/Podman Infrastructure as Code Distributed Systems

Leadership & Management

Team Leadership Crisis Management Operations Scheduling Project Management

Language

English	Bilingual
German	Bilingual