Josh Dawson

Spearheaded the prototyping, de-risking, and strategic implementation of technical requirements across UK group products, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives. Provided technical leadership in defining and designing strategic product enhancements, collaborating with software architects and delivery management, and delivered technical prototypes, architectural designs, and comprehensive documentation to facilitate streamlined development processes. Standout Projects: Prototyped complete rebuild of SSO OAuth2.0 system. Investigated the feasibility of leveraging LLMs to streamline manual tasks involving PDF data extraction.

Pioneered the introduction of unit and integration test suites to predominantly untested codebases, significantly enhancing reliability and expediting development cycles. Architected and implemented integrations with various hospital systems, demonstrating adaptability and innovative problem-solving skills. Established software development processes within an emergent team, ensuring the timely delivery of features within scope. Managed a dynamic workload within a fast-paced startup environment, assuming multiple roles within the software development domain. Enhanced and maintained existing product offerings, focusing on performance optimisation and user experience enhancements. Contributed to the redesign of the database, transitioning from a non-relational to a relational database.

Led the development of a new SaaS offering from proof of concept to a mature, stable product serving tens of thousands of users. Gathered requirements, refined features, and implemented cutting-edge functionalities, ensuring alignment with customer needs. Led feature development within a small scrum team, assuming the role of scrum master and mentoring junior team members. Facilitated the onboarding of an international development partner, providing ongoing support during their initial feature development. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to conduct feasibility assessments of upcoming features and contributed to their architectural design. Managed high-priority customer issues while balancing day-to-day development tasks, showcasing strong organisational and prioritisation skills. Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines for seamless coordination of regular deployments to the production environment.