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Experienced and professional developer with a proven track record of delivering high business value projects for some of the UKs biggest corporations. Passionate advocate of agile, test-driven and continuous delivery methodologies to enable features to be delivered quickly to market and minimise development costs long term. Specialises in writing highly scalable, robust and resilient APIs, built using...

Experienced and professional developer with a proven track record of delivering high business value projects for some of the UKs biggest corporations. Passionate advocate of agile, test-driven and continuous delivery methodologies to enable features to be delivered quickly to market and minimise development costs long term. Specialises in writing highly scalable, robust and resilient APIs, built using engineering excellence best practices. Most recent work involves delivering award winning social experiences for children on CBBC and even more recently working with BBC Sport on their Live beta pan-BBC offering. Delivering a truly real-time experience of live events to millions throughout the UK and abroad. Specialties: Java, Javascript, Node.js, RESTful, XML/XSL Transformation, SQL/Oracle/MySQL, Hibernate, Jboss, Linux, Spring, Camel, Apache ActiveMQ, Redis, Tomcat, Amazon Web ServicesSenior Software Engineer @ From August 2015 to Present (3 months) ManchesterSenior Software Engineer @ Senior Software Engineer on BBC Live pages back-end services. Tony Hall Director- General announced the BBC Live pages back in Nov 2013 for the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics. These live pages were to provide near-live experiences for consumers of BBC live events such as the Sochi Winter Olympics, FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Radio One Big Weekend and more. My role as one of BBC Sports most experienced server-side developers on the project was to develop and lead other team members in delivering features, advising Technical Leads in best practices/solutions to problems and providing accurate estimates of workload. My role also involved acting as point of contact for a number of key features for the BBC live service. For more information on the BBC Live experience please see the link From July 2013 to August 2015 (2 years 2 months) MediaCityUK SalfordSenior Software Engineer @ One of the lead developers involved in delivering key features for CBBC and Cbeebies. During my tenure with the Children's team I played a key role in delivering the BBC's first truly social experience. My CBBC enabled children across the UK to play multiplayer games with their friends. At a time of sensitivity for the BBC over protection of children and their rights; we delivered as a team a platform that was completely secure and maintained children's security and anonymity. For this the team was awarded an Excellence Award for delivering a project of quality, distinction and innovation. From December 2012 to July 2013 (8 months) MediaCityUK, SalfordSoftware Engineer @ Software Engineer with the BBC Games Grid platform, working with a handful of other developers to further the BBC games platform functionality. Acted as lead engineer on the Java Service Layer. With the platform in its infancy, helped improve the platform's scalability and move the platform towards support for multiplayer and social gaming. Responsible for supporting the BBC games platform and services used by CBBC, Radio 1 and a number of other high profile BBC brands across bbc.co.uk From November 2011 to December 2012 (1 year 2 months) SalfordJava Developer @ Part of a team of a dozen developers working on Autotrader’s Digital Business Platform for the Core Technology team. Using agile / scrum / kanban methodologies to deliver business value through the development of innovative solutions. Trader Media's Digital Business Platforms supports the Autotrader.co.uk website which regularly experiences upwards of 1 billion page impressions per month and enjoys a large market share. Due to constant innovation in the market of ad space Trader Media has seen massive year on year growth. Autotrader.co.uk is seen as one of the few businesses that have successful made the transition from publishing to the digital domain. From April 2011 to October 2011 (7 months) Newton-le-Willows, United KingdomJava Developer @ Involved in full-life-cycle agile java development of WMS (Warehouse Management System) solutions for The Hut Group. The Hut Group were recently recognised as the 3rd fastest growing digital company in Europe and the fastest growing company in the North-West of England. Projects were aimed at taking The Hut Group towards their goal of becoming one of the biggest online digital retailers ahead of Play.com. Skills: Java J2EE, SQL Server, Tomcat, Spring, Apache Camel, Apache ActiveMQ From August 2010 to April 2011 (9 months) Software Developer @ Design and create flexible and performing software solutions that build on existing developments and correspond to requirements. Contribute to the design of a new architecture for each product. Support the use of agile development methodologies and practices. Display a rigorous approach to quality assurance and testing. Cross collaborate with different parts of the organisation spread throughout the global business ranging from Shanghai to the US. Skills: Java J2EE, Javascript, Html, OpenLaszlo - Flash, Oracle, Jboss, Sql, XML, SOAP, XSLT, Ant, Svn, Linux, Jira (inc Plugins), Jasper, Maven (inc. Plugins), Subversion, CVS From December 2007 to August 2010 (2 years 9 months) Software Technician @ Develop and maintain insurance documents using a language which combines printer technologies with in-house logic. Further development of documents for future system using Visual Basic for Applications. Liaise with clients when resolving their support issues. Skills: VBA, Prescribe, XML, CVS From October 2005 to December 2007 (2 years 3 months) Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science @ The University of Manchester From 2002 to 2005 Trinity Comprehensive School From 1997 to 2002 James Murphy is skilled in: Spring, Hibernate, Tomcat, Java, JavaScript, JBoss Application Server, PHP, Linux, ActiveMQ, TDD, Maven, jQuery, REST, NoSQL, Camel, Ruby, Cucumber, XSLT, Ant, ActionScript, Redis, CouchDB, Test Driven Development, Smartfox, SOAP, XML, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Subversion, SQL, Web Development, Microsoft SQL Server, JUnit, Continuous Integration, Git