Josh H.

Senior Engineer

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

About

Senior Engineer Freelance Camera Operator

Experience

  • Senior Engineer at Finova
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • Broadcast Camera Operator at Jackinabox
    Jan 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

    Dolly Operator - The Reytons - Wembley Arena - 6/12/25

  • Software Engineering Lead at Silicon Grid
    Jun 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

    - Architecting and leading development of a new modern real-time energy management system using Socket.IO, NodeJS, React & Typescript, deployed using Docker onto AWS EC2 - Defined coding standards, CI/CD strategy - Migration of legacy Jenkins EC2 to GitHub Actions - Coaching teams in Agile, DevOps, and shift-left approach to improve delivery speed and quality - Driving adoption of secure and sustainable development practices, ensuring systems meet modern cyber security standards

  • Raytheon UK (Full-time · 5 yrs 3 mos)
    • Employee Sustainability Network Co-Chair
      Jan 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

      - Facilitated sustainability discussions between employees, senior leadership, and executives - Organised company-wide events and delivered talks on Green Software practices

    • Software Engineer Technical Lead
      Jun 2021 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      - Directed the migration of a critical Angular application to React, improving maintainability and performance - Built a backend platform in TypeScript enabling offline OpenAPI-compliant AWS Lambdas - Mentored and managed multiple graduate software apprentices

    • Senior Software Engineer
      Feb 2021 - Jun 2021 · 5 mos

      - Developed a statistics platform in Python & Pandas for advanced data analysis - Designed proof-of-concept cyber security tools simulating MITRE ATT&CK techniques

  • Software Developer at Stockport Council
    Jan 2017 - Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    - Maintained and modernised multiple .NET systems, including CRM and booking systems - Introduced React for interactive form development - Designed and supported RESTful APIs and Web Services. - Led updates towards new .NET Core.