About Clare
Software Engineer and DevOps professional with 20+ years’ experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions across Finance, Government, Telecommunications, Internet, and eCommerce sectors. Combines strong technical expertise with commercial awareness and a proven ability to deliver scalable, resilient systems aligned to business objectives.
Specialist in middleware engineering, systems integration, distributed architectures, and third-party platform integration. Experienced across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements capture through to development, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, testing, integration, deployment, and support. Equally comfortable in startup and FTSE/blue-chip environments.
AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer - Professional
Oracle Certified Professional - Java SE 11 & 7 Programmer II
PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification
AI-Assisted Development: Kiro, Claude, Copilot
AWS & Cloud: EC2, ECS/EKS, Docker/ECR, Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS/SNS, S3, CloudFront, API Gateway, IAM, Cognito/OAuth2, Redis, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, SAM, Terraform, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Athena, Route53, X-Ray
Middleware & Backend: JBoss, Tomcat, JMS, EJB, REST/SOAP/XML, Java NIO, Drools, JBPM, Hibernate, RabbitMQ, Camunda, Kafka, iWay
Frontend: REACT, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Angular, Jinja, JQuery
Languages: Python, Java, Groovy, VB, Delphi, Omnis, P4
Frameworks & Technologies: FastAPI, Flask, Django, Spring, Spring Boot/MVC, Node.js, Java EE/Java 11
Platforms & Databases: Linux, Windows Server, Bash, PowerShell, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server, DynamoDB, Aurora
CI/CD & Tooling: GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, GOCD, Ansible, Sonar, Maven, Gradle, Git, IntelliJ, VS Code
Testing & Monitoring: Pytest, JUnit, Mockito, Selenium, Cucumber, JMeter, Postman, Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, Splunk, Datadog
Third-Party Integrations: Shopify/GraphQL, Amazon, SAP, TikTok, Yotpo, Klaviyo, Deposco, Salsify, iWay
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Conversational
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Coty Int. (AE)AWS Platform Software and DevOps EngineerE-COMMERCESeptember 2024 - Today (1 year and 9 months)Responsible for the design, development and support of a suite of AWS-hosted back-office and platform services supporting the global, multi-market e-commerce operations of a multinational beauty company. Key contributor to a greenfield SAP integration programme, delivering scalable cloud-native solutions and integrations across a high-volume retail platform serving multiple international brands and markets.• AI-assisted software development and solution design using Claude Code and Kiro• Design and implementation of AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation and AWS SAM• Development of microservices and serverless applications using Python, FastAPI and AWS Lambda• Configuration of monitoring, observability and operational tooling to support production rollouts• Integration with enterprise and e-commerce platforms including SAP, iWay, Shopify, TikTok, PayPal, Redant, Deposco and Salsify• Development of automation and operational tooling using Python and Bash scripting• Delivery of both greenfield and enhancement projects within a large-scale e-commerce ecosystemAI: Kiro, Claude, CopilotAWS: CloudFormation, AWS SAM, VPC, Route 53, ECS, ECR, Docker, EC2, Lambda, Lambda Layers, S3, IAM, Cognito, OAuth2, ElastiCache (Redis), CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, RDS PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Systems ManagerOther: Python, FastAPI, NumPy, Pandas, Shopify API, GraphQL, Jinja2, Bash, REST, Swagger/OpenAPI, Pytest, unittest, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Sentry, Oh Dear
- Coty International (AE)Platform Software Engineer – AWSE-COMMERCEApril 2023 - June 2024 (1 year and 2 months)Responsible for the design, development and configuration of a wide range of AWS-hosted back-office/platform support services - including a greenfield global loyalty program - for the e-Commerce platform of a global beauty company.
- CloudFormation/SAM configuration of a wide range of AWS resources
- Development of microservices and Lambda functions using mainly Python
- Configuration of orchestration and monitoring tools to support rollout
- Integration with third-party e-Commerce systems including Shopify, Yotpo, Klaviyo, Deposco and Salsify
- Bash/Python scripting to support continuous integration/maintenance
- Greenfield and Brownfield solutions
AWS: CloudFormation/SAM/JSON/YAML, VPC/Route 53, ECS, ECR/Docker, EC2, Lambda/Layers, S3, IAM/Cognito/oauth2, ElastiCache/Redis Cache, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, RDS/PostgresSQL, DynamoDB, Systems ManagerOther: Python/FastAPI/NumPy/Pandas, Shopify API/GraphQL, Jinja, Bash Scripting, REST, Swagger, Pytest, Unittest, GitLab CI, Circle CI, Sentry, OhDear - CrederaGovernment (DWP Digital) Data Transformation Project on AWSDIGITAL AND ITMay 2021 - February 2023 (1 year and 10 months)London, UKResponsible for the design, development and configuration of data transformation services using Hashicorp Vault hosted on AWS Cloud for a major Government project.
- Terraform configuration of a wide range of AWS resources
- Development of container microservices using Java
- Development of Lambda functions using Node.js and Python
- Configuration of orchestration and monitoring tools to support rollout
- Bash/Python scripting to support continuous integration/maintenance
- Greenfield and Brownfield solutions
AWS: Terraform/JSON/YAML, VPC/Route 53, EKS, ECR/Docker, EC2, Lambda, S3, IAM, ElastiCache/Redis Cache, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, RDS/MySQL, DynamoDB, Systems ManagerOther: HashiCorp Vault, Prometheus/Grafana, Splunk, SpringBoot, Java 8/11, Node.js, Python, Bash Scripting, REST, Swagger, Mockito, JMeter, GitLab CI, Maven
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Education
- BSc, Technology and Business Studies (Computer Science with Marketing)University of Strathclyde1991BSc, Technology and Business Studies (Computer Science with Marketing)
Certifications
- AWS DevOps ProfessionalAWS2021
- Java 11 Oracle Certified ProfessionalOracle2020