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== Who am I?

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    [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.]
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// Experience section
== Experience

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  "Lead Software Engineer",
  "Better Conversations Foundation",
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    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]
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  [Final Year],
  [Dissertation Project, AI Applications in Lagrangian Physics],
  [University of Bath],
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    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]
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  [Software Developer],
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    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]
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    2022 -- 2023#linebreak()#text(size: 0.8em)[part time aside studies]
    2021 -- 2022#linebreak()#text(size: 0.8em)[placement year]
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  [Office for National Statistics],
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    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]
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    2017 -- 2021
    #linebreak()
    #text(size: 0.8em)[Holidays & Part time]
  ],
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  [Amphora],
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    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]
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)

#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]
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)

// 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.
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    [#link("https://betterconversations.foundation/index.html")[Better Conversations] — 2022]
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    [ISO9001 and ISO27001 training — 2018]
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    [Long distance running; politics and governance and the applications of technology therein; previous committee member of Philosophy Society at University.]
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== References

Available upon request