Carl Clayton

Caversham, Reading · 07866 274 774 · carlclayton1984@gmail.com

Motivated software engineer skilled in TypeScript & React with over ten years experience in the insurance industry. Proven ability to translate business requirements into code and test strategy. Quickly learns new technologies with a pragmatic approach to problem solving.


Experience

Software Engineer

Covéa Insurance

Member of scrum & kanban teams delivering greenfield, full stack, Node based projects for major high street retailers and internal UI systems.

November 2019 - Present

Senior Developer Analyst

Covéa Insurance

Development and maintenance of Polaris ProductWriter Personal Lines Household schemes; Instrumental in establishing Personal Lines test strategy; assist in the maintenance and development of Sharepoint.

2011 - November 2019

Telecoms Analyst

HSBC Operations

Management and allocation of departmental workflow; production of monthly key performance indicator statistics and call logging reports; auditing of telephone extensions and contract tariffs; circuit inventory management

2008 - 2010

Education

University of Derby

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
American Studies

2:2

2002 - 2005

Boston Grammar School Sixth-Form College

A-Levels

Available upon request

2000 - 2002

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • Mobile-First, Responsive Design
  • Test Driven Development
  • Cross Browser Testing & Debugging
  • Cross Functional Teams
  • Agile Development & Scrum

Interests

I have a wide and varied interest in learning new coding languages in my spare time, I am most comfortable with front end web development using HTML; CSS; JavaScript; Bootstrap & React but I have also endeavoured to learn more full stack technologies such as Node.js; MongoDB; AWS & Azure cloud environments. I have also taken an interest in Linux distributions, Ubuntu in particular.

I am a long time video game enthusiast and often an early adopter of new technologies such as Apple TV; Sky Q; Smart meters etc. I also take a lot of satisfaction from being the relationship manager for the charity partnership and all the work we do to raise donations.