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cv.tex

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 \usepackage{enumitem}
 \usepackage{ifthen}
 
+% Enable to disable litigates for ATS
+%\usepackage{microtype}
+%\DisableLigatures{encoding = *, family = *}
+
 \newboolean{include-sensitive}
 \setboolean{include-sensitive}{true}
 
@@ -34,33 +38,39 @@
 
 \cvsect{Who Am I?}
 
-\begin{minipage}[t]{0.6\textwidth}
+\begin{minipage}[t]{0.8\textwidth}
 	\vspace{-\baselineskip} % Required for vertically aligning minipages
-	Working in the domain for over 10 years software engineering is a profession and a passion. My drive throughout has been to understand the business and organisational context of the problem, as the most important component of any technical solution.
+%	Working in the domain for over 10 years, software engineering is a profession and a passion.
+	I am a passionate and adaptable software engineer with a strong focus on delivering high-quality, maintainable solutions. With experience across a range of technologies and industries, I thrive on understanding the business and organisational context behind software, ensuring that technical solutions align with real-world needs.
+	I believe that effective communication, problem-solving, and a willingness to continuously learn and adapt are key to delivery effective solutions.
+%	Working in the domain for over 10 years software engineering is a profession and a passion. My drive throughout has been to understand the business and organisational context of the problem, as the most important component of any technical solution.
 %	I have been working with software for over 10 years with problems and technologies.
 %	My drive over 10 years has always been addressing real problems that I encounter with the tools to hand — treating specific technologies as secondary to understanding the organisational context of the problem.
-	In my work at the ONS, I was responsible for software delivery, helping to manage a large team of contributors under a tight timeframe.
+Through my work at Better Conversations Foundation, I led the development of a real-time web application, collaborating closely with users to continuously evolve the product  where
+%	In my work at the ONS, I was responsible for software delivery, helping to manage a large team of contributors under a tight timeframe.
 % Combined
-I have developed a love and appreciation for correct solutions that respect their user and customers and am excited to see how AI can enhance this mission in otherwise intractable domains.
+I have developed a love and appreciation for correct solutions that respect their user and customers. I am excited about the opportunity to work with a collaborative, ambitious team like Ghyston’s where I can contribute my experience while continuing to grow as an engineer.
+%am excited to see how AI can enhance this mission in otherwise intractable domains.
 % Typing trailer:
 %	Throughout my work I have developed a love and appreciation for strongly typed languages and maximising the compile-time assurance that can be achieved. This has consistently paid dividends in greater development velocity, and the elimination of issues before shipping.
 % AI trailer:
 %	 My recent work surrounding AI has shown me its use in solving otherwise intractable problems and providing insight into unstructured data and, I am excited to explore its further applications.
 	 \end{minipage}
 \hfill
-\begin{minipage}[t]{0.35\textwidth}
+%\begin{minipage}[t]{0.275\textwidth}
-	\vspace{-3\baselineskip} % Required for vertically aligning minipages
+%	\vspace{-3\baselineskip} % Required for vertically aligning minipages
-	\colorbox{SectTitleColor}{\textcolor{white}{\MakeUppercase{\textbf{Proficiency}}}}
+%	\colorbox{SectTitleColor}{\textcolor{white}{\MakeUppercase{\textbf{Proficiency}}}}
-	\begin{barchart}{4}
+%	\vspace{0.5\baselineskip}
-		\baritem{Typescript}{80}
+%	\begin{barchart}{3}
-		\baritem{React}{70}
+%		\baritem{Typescript}{80}
-		\baritem{Rust}{70}
+%		\baritem{React}{70}
-		\baritem{Python}{60}
+%		\baritem{Rust}{70}
-		\baritem{Git}{80}
+%		\baritem{Python}{60}
-		\baritem{Ruby}{75}
+%		\baritem{Git}{80}
-%		\baritem{Scala}{60}
+%		\baritem{Ruby}{75}
-	\end{barchart}
+%		\baritem{SQL}{60}
-\end{minipage}
+%	\end{barchart}
+%\end{minipage}
 
 %
 % Experiences

cv2.typ

@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+#import "@preview/fontawesome:0.5.0": *
+
+#let accent = rgb("#367DA2")
+#let bar_color = rgb("#1C2331")
+#let bar_title_color = rgb("#1C2331")
+#let sect_title_color = accent
+#let entry_title_color = accent
+
+#let icon(name, size, content) = {
+  box(
+    fill: accent,
+    inset: 4pt,
+    box(
+      width: size,
+      height: size,
+      text(white, size: size, align(center + horizon)[#fa-icon(name, solid: true)])
+    )
+  )
+  h(0.2cm)
+  box(
+    content,
+    baseline: -0.5em
+  )
+}
+
+#show(heading.where(level: 2)): it => {
+  // v(-2pt)
+  box(
+    fill: sect_title_color,
+    inset: 3pt,
+    text(white, upper(it))
+  )
+  // v(-4pt)
+}
+
+#let entry(date, title, subtitle, content) = {
+  grid(
+    columns: (17.5%, 1fr),
+    date,
+    {
+      text(weight: "bold", title)
+      h(1fr)
+      text(size: 0.9em, weight: "bold", subtitle)
+      linebreak()
+      content
+    }
+  )
+  v(12pt)
+}
+
+#set document(author: "Joshua Coles", title: "CV")
+#set page(margin: (x: 2cm, y: 1.75cm), paper: "a4")
+#set text(font: "Raleway", size: 9pt)
+#set par(spacing: 1.1em)
+
+// Header
+#grid(
+  columns: (45%, 27.5%, 27.5%),
+  {
+    stack(
+      box(fill: accent, inset: (x: 3pt, y: 3pt))[
+        #text(white, weight: "bold", size: 28pt, "JOSHUA")
+      ],
+      v(1pt),
+      box(fill: accent, inset: (x: 3pt, y: 3pt))[
+        #text(white, weight: "bold", size: 28pt, "COLES")
+      ],
+      v(1em),
+      text(size: 16pt)[Full-stack Developer]
+    )
+  },
+  {
+    stack(
+      spacing: 1pt,
+      icon("location-dot", 1em, "Bath / Reading"),
+      icon("phone", 1em, "+44 7564 199236"),
+      icon("at", 1em, link("mailto:me@joshuacoles.me")[me\@joshuacoles.me])
+    )
+  },
+  {
+    stack(
+      spacing: 1pt,
+      icon("earth", 1em, link("https://git.joshuacoles.me/explore/repos")[Personal Gitea]),
+      icon("github", 1em, link("https://github.com/joshuacoles")[github.com/joshuacoles]),
+      icon("linkedin", 1em, link("https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-coles-a79498151/")[LinkedIn])
+    )
+  }
+)
+
+== Who am I?
+
+#grid(
+  columns: (90%),
+  {
+    [I am a passionate and adaptable software engineer with a strong focus on delivering high-quality, maintainable solutions. With experience across a range of technologies and industries, I thrive on understanding the business and organisational context behind software, ensuring that technical solutions align with real-world needs.
+    I believe that effective communication, problem-solving, and a willingness to continuously learn and adapt are key to delivery effective solutions.
+    Through my work at Better Conversations Foundation, I led the development of a real-time web application, collaborating closely with users to continuously evolve the product where I have developed a love and appreciation for correct solutions that respect their user and customers. I am excited about the opportunity to work with a collaborative, ambitious team like Ghyston's where I can contribute my experience while continuing to grow as an engineer.]
+  },
+)
+
+// Experience section
+== Experience
+
+#entry(
+  "Present",
+  "Lead Software Engineer",
+  "Better Conversations Foundation",
+  [
+    Returning to the foundation after my degree I have focused on:
+    - End-to-End Product Delivery: I lead the development of a real-time web application for delivering coaching session to large audiences
+    - Support the professional growth of junior developers through hands-on mentorship
+    - Spearheaded further AI work, including Model Context Protocol support
+    - Producing a course for a high profile business cohort in Oceana
+
+    #text(font: "Courier")[Ruby on Rails / Ruby / Turbo / Stimulus / iOS / Project Management / Mentorship]
+  ]
+)
+
+#entry(
+  [Final Year],
+  [Dissertation Project, AI Applications in Lagrangian Physics],
+  [University of Bath],
+  [
+    My dissertation focused on incorporating Lagrangian Mechanics into physics-informed neural networks. My key contributions include,
+    - Creating and optimising the core physics procedures in JAX to improve correctness compared to legacy implementations; allow for their use in loss functions; and reducing runtimes by a factor of $10^4$.
+    - Researching, designing, and validating training methods.
+    
+    The completed report can be found #link("https://files.joshuacoles.me/final-year-report.pdf")[here].
+    
+    #text(font: "Courier")[JAX / Neural Networks / Machine Learning / AI / Numpy / Flax / Tensorflow / Keras / Python]
+  ]
+)
+
+#entry(
+  [Summer 2023],
+  [Software Developer],
+  [Better Conversations Foundation & Amphora],
+  [
+    I lead efforts exploring the feasibility and application of AI based features in the main product.
+    - Integrating vector based search and retrieval-augmented generation into the application in a non-intrusive manner.
+    - Presenting work to customers and facilitating input on direction and feature fit.
+    
+    Once I completed my work with Amphora, I moved to work at a connected non-profit, Better Conversations Foundation as their primary developer.
+    - Implementing the e-commerce and scheduling systems for managing cohorts and staff.
+    - Prototyping real-time coaching flight-plans to allow coordination between Facilitators as sessions progress
+    
+    #text(font: "Courier")[Ruby on Rails / Stripe / Langchain / Vector Databases / Python]
+  ]
+)
+
+#entry(
+  [
+    2022 -- 2023#linebreak()#text(size: 0.8em)[part time aside studies]
+    2021 -- 2022#linebreak()#text(size: 0.8em)[placement year]
+  ],
+  [Software Developer],
+  [Office for National Statistics],
+  [
+    I joined a team working designing and developing software for processing the results of the 2021 Census. After the end of my placement I was kept on to assist with the next phase of product development and solution design. In this role I worked with sensitive data from the Census in isolated production environments and thus obtained SC clearance. Key contributions include,
+    - Taking a leading role as release manager for the product and was heavily involved in requirements gathering for the new features.
+    - Developing tools for debugging and observability in sensitive production environments, greatly increasing the our ability to diagnose production issues quickly.
+    - Designing architectures for the next stage of the project to address additional business needs.
+    
+    This role gave me an appreciation for how the interpersonal aspects of successful team are crucial for the overall success of a project. This was especially important when interfacing with the wider organisation on the direction of the project.
+    
+    #text(font: "Courier")[React / Redux / Express / Jest / Cypress / Redis / SQL / Postgres / HBase / Scala / Cloudera / Jenkins / Docker / Typescript / JavaScript / Linux / Microservices / Agile / Scrum]
+  ]
+)
+
+#entry(
+  [
+    2017 -- 2021
+    #linebreak()
+    #text(size: 0.8em)[Holidays & Part time]
+  ],
+  [Software Developer],
+  [Amphora],
+  [
+    I worked independently to explore and investigate new technologies including,
+    - Creating and maintaining SAML based customer access mechanism for confidential documentation.
+    - Designing subscription management product using Wordpress as a Headless CMS for presentation under multiple service offering.
+    
+    #text(font: "Courier")[SAML / Groovy / Java / Ruby on Rails / Ruby]
+  ]
+)
+
+#entry(
+  [2011 — present],
+  [Ongoing Personal Projects],
+  [],
+  [
+    My latest personal projects are focused on data analysis on different aspects of my life. This is done with a strong focus on self-hosting and privacy. Recent work includes:
+    - AI based techniques for recipe extraction.
+    - Database and platform for cross-domain analytics in my life.
+    - ETL pipelines focused on breaking down data-silos.
+    - Hosted across multiple servers with live monitoring and log and metrics aggregation.
+    
+    A history of these is available on my #link("https://github.com/joshuacoles")[GitHub] or #link("https://git.joshuacoles.me/explore/repos")[personal Gitea], along with this #link("https://git.joshuacoles.me/joshuacoles/cv")[CV and build process].
+    
+    #text(font: "Courier")[Rust / Python / ETL / CI/CD / Github actions / Postgres / Caddy / Docker / Prometheus / Grafana / System administration]
+  ]
+)
+
+// Education section
+== Education
+
+#entry(
+  [],
+  [MSc Mathematics and Physics (Hons) (Sandwich)],
+  [University of Bath],
+  [1st Class Honours. Placement with the ONS between academic years 2 and 3.]
+)
+
+#entry(
+  [],
+  [Prior Qualifications],
+  [Reading Blue Coat School],
+  [
+    4 A Levels: A\* Maths, A Further Maths, A Physics, A Chemistry
+    
+    GCSEs: 1 A\* with distinction, 8 A\*s, 2 A's, 1 B. Including A\* with distinction in Further Maths, A\*s in Maths, Sciences, English and Computing.
+  ]
+)
+
+// Additional sections at bottom
+#grid(
+  columns: (1fr, 1fr),
+  {
+    v(8pt)
+    box(
+      fill: sect_title_color,
+      inset: (x: 3pt, y: 2pt),
+      text(white, weight: "bold", upper("Additional Qualifications and Training"))
+    )
+    v(5pt)
+    [#link("https://betterconversations.foundation/index.html")[Better Conversations] — 2022]
+    linebreak()
+    [ISO9001 and ISO27001 training — 2018]
+  },
+  {
+    v(8pt)
+    box(
+      fill: sect_title_color,
+      inset: (x: 3pt, y: 2pt),
+      text(white, weight: "bold", upper("Interests"))
+    )
+    v(5pt)
+    [Long distance running; politics and governance and the applications of technology therein; previous committee member of Philosophy Society at University.]
+  }
+)
+
+== References
+
+Available upon request

developercv.cls

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 	\end{longtable}
 }
 
-% First argument for the leftmost date(s) text,
+% First argument for the leftmost date(s) texct,
 % Second is for the bold entry heading
 % Third is for the bold right-aligned entry qualifier
 %Fourth is for the entry description

experiences.tex

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 		\begin{itemize}[itemsep=-2pt,topsep=2pt]
 			\item End-to-End Product Delivery: I lead the development of a real-time web application for delivering coaching session to large audiences, from initial concept to full-scale product, engaging frequently with users and continuously evolving it to meet fast-evolving business needs.
 			\item Support the professional growth of junior developers through hands-on mentorship and guidance.
-			\item Spearheaded further AI work, including Model Context Protocol supporte and significant contributions to FOSS software projects to enable AI use in security-sensitive environments.
+			\item Spearheaded further AI work, including Model Context Protocol support and significant contributions to FOSS software projects to enable AI use in security-sensitive environments.
-			\item Producing 	a course for a high profile business cohort in Oceana.
+			\item Producing 	a course for a high profile business cohort based in Oceana.
 		\end{itemize}
 		\kwdlst{Ruby on Rails, Ruby, Turbo, Stimulus, iOS, Project Management, Mentorship}}
 	\entry
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 			\item Designing architectures for the next stage of the project to address additional business needs.
 		\end{itemize}
 		This role gave me an appreciation for how the interpersonal aspects of successful team are crucial for the overall success of a project. This was especially important when interfacing with the wider organisation on the direction of the project.\\
-		\kwdlst{React, Redux, Express, Jest, Cypress, Redis, SQL, Postgres, HBase, Cloudera, Jenkins, Docker, Typescript, JavaScript, Linux, Microservices, Agile, Scrum}}
+		\kwdlst{React, Redux, Express, Jest, Cypress, Redis, SQL, Postgres, HBase, Scala, Cloudera, Jenkins, Docker, Typescript, JavaScript, Linux, Microservices, Agile, Scrum}}
 	\entry
 		{2017 -- 2021\\\footnotesize{Holidays \& Part time}}
 		{Software Developer}