Having a curious mind and a passion for learning, I enrolled myself in two coding courses with Code First Girls (SQL and Python) - where I found myself enjoying coding and my new found passion for tech. Currently a student at Makers completing the Devops stream, expected to graduate end of October.
A former Tech Recruiter looking to kickstart my career in Software Engineering. I have three years of professional experience in the HR/Recruitment, sourcing and managing candidates for tech roles where I was first exposed to the world of coding and tech concepts.
| Name | Description | Tech/tools |
|---|---|---|
| What Happens | A web app that users can filter news articles by selecting specific countries and news categories. | React, Node, Express, ChakraUI, NewsAPI, Render, Netlify |
| Jerk Shack Restaurant | A web app that users can use to make reservations for Caribbean restaurant. The web app includes an image gallery, contact form and more. | React, HTML, CSS |
| MakersBnB | An app that allows users to view and book different properties. Users are also able to create and maintain accounts in order to place bookings. | Python, Flask, HTML, CSS |
Career Break (Sep 2022 to Present)
Career Changer
- Completed a variety of tech courses from Code First Girls and Udemy
- Attended Codebar workshops regularly as a Student
- Learnt how to work in agile methodology through a 6 week sprint project by Chingu
- Helped with admin work for a Staff Software Engineer at asideofcode
Checkout.com (April 2022 to Aug 2022)
Talent Acquisition Associate
- Sourced, screened and managed candidates for roles in Data and QA
- Conducted and aligned market mapping with hiring managers to attract the best talent
- Used data-driven metrics to improve sourcing, reporting and hiring
ACELR8 (August 2021 to March 2022)
Talent Partner
- Sourced and screened candidates for technical roles
- Aligned role expectations with hiring managers on best practices in recruitment to improve hiring
- Hired 2 Backend Engineers for a fast-growing start-up (Checkly)
- Reduced the scope of the Full Stack task
- Improved Checkly’s number of days to hire from 42 days to 33 days
- Completed a Customer Spotlight article with the Director of Engineering at Checkly
Security Research Labs (Feb 2019 to July 2021)
Recruiter/Team Assistant
- Managed the recruitment process for open positions in Hong Kong
- Sourced candidates and conducted screening interviews for technical and administrative roles
- Managed and executed HR tasks including employee benefits, expenses, work visas, travel itinerary and client gifts
- Planned and coordinated annual company retreat and external conferences
- Worked closely with HR/Ops team to improve employee happiness globally
- Hired 1 Ethical Hacker, 2 Security Consultants, 1 Security Consultant Intern and 1 HR Manager in 7 months
- Organised 2 tech conferences in Jakarta and Hong Kong
- Implemented fitness benefit to Hong Kong employees on my own initiative
- I convinced and hired candidates for startups, helping them to further progress in their tech career
- I worked closely with hiring managers to find qualified team members for their team
- I contributed to regular sourcing sessions for roles my team member's were hiring
- I participated in a Customer Spotlight Article when I worked for Checkly
- I hired for a variety of roles and managed expectations with a number of hiring managers
- I managed and spoke to candidates daily, making sure they are kept aligned on the hiring process and next steps
- I worked closely with hiring managers to improve the hiring process through tracking key metrics and data collection
- I conducted research and market mapping on roles, looking for new keywords and platforms to find candidates
- Summary: 16-week bootcamp course with 8 weeks covering software engineering foundations and 8 weeks on Cloud Engineering/Devops
- Tech stack: Python, SQL, Flask, Pytest, Playwright
- Skills and Concepts: Command Line, Git, OOP, TDD, Debugging, CI-CD, Agile, APIs, AWS, IAM, IaC, Kubernetes, Threat Modelling
- Pair programmed regularly and worked in groups using agile methodology
- Majored in Journalism and European Studies
- Awarded with Second Class Hnours (Division One), Equivalent to a 2:1
- External Vice Chairperson of Spanish Society (2013-2014)
- 3rd Place at Athena Hackathon 2023
- Highly Recommended Candidate for Code First Girls's Intro to Javascript course
- Finalist for Code First Girls's Intro to Cloud and Deployment course
- I play badminton (🥇 Winner of Windy Panda Beginners Tournament 2023, 🥉 3rd place at South West Strings Ladies Tournament 2022)
- I practice meditation and yoga regularly
- I volunteered at Codebar and Chingu to organise group projects
- I contribute to admin work for asideofcode