Josh Pollard

Background

About

Full-stack engineer specialising in app and web development, UI/UX design, and DevOps, with over four years of experience at Thales and Studio 42, combining self-education and hands-on practice to deliver innovative solutions in the digital technology sector.

Work Experience

Digital Industry Software Engineer, Thales
Jan, 2024 - Present
R&D Software Engineer, Thales
Nov, 2022 - Jan, 20241 year 2 months
Avionics Software Engineer, Thales
Sep, 2021 - Nov, 20221 year 2 months
- Demonstrated proficiency in creating batch scripts to build projects
- Developed advanced Jenkins environment for CI operations
- Conducted research and demonstrated expertise in configuring DevOps environment
- Coordinated efforts and addressed issues with the Jenkins master and executors for building/testing projects
- Created an emulation of a modem to interface with the control unit, including a GUI for monitoring and modifying parameters at runtime
- Developed a framework for collecting KPI metrics for the software team throughout the project lifecycle
- Negotiated with team leads on data collection and formatting
- Maintained accuracy and completeness of data by collecting metrics
Software Designer + Developer, Studio 42
Sep, 2021 - Present
Clubhouse Studios Work Experience, clubhouse___studio
Jul, 2018 - Jul, 20181 day
• Created some custom emojis for an Adidas Women project in Photoshop.
• Looked for ways to go above and beyond job requirements. Learnt basics of the Unity game engine alongside the C# language, created a top-down tanks PvP game, which the team enjoyed playing.
• Gained insight into the digital marketing sector with multiple one to one sessions with experts in design, strategy, creative and UX.
• Developed communication and organisation skills.

Skills

Web Development
HTML

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

React

Next.js

Vue.js

Svelte.js
Programming
Python

Dart

Javascript

Typescript

C++

SQL

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
UI/UX
User Experience (UX)

User Interface Design

Figma

Adobe Photoshop
Agile and Project Management
Agile Methodologies

Scrum

Kanban

Waterfall Project Management
DevOps and Version Control
Git

GitHub

GitLab

Jenkins
Tools and Platforms
Grafana

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Azure

Unity

Mendix

Education

Digital and Technology Solutions, BSc (Hons), University of Warwick
Sep, 2021 - Jun, 2025
, A Level, Robert Smyth Academy
Sep, 2019 - Jun, 2021
Computer Science

Mathematics

Physics

Further Mathematics

Volunteer Work

Prototeam Software Lead for SignRight, Primary Engineer
Jan, 2024 - Jun, 2024
Volunteered with Primary Engineer’s ProtoTeams to develop the software for the SignRight project, an initiative inspired by a Year 6 student’s idea. Involved designing and developing the software for a sign language translator, utilising AI and machine learning to create a user-friendly application that translates sign language into text. This project aims to improve communication accessibility and was a rewarding opportunity to contribute my technical skills to a meaningful cause.
Hackathon Participant, Coral Guardian
Mar, 2022 - Mar, 2022
Participation in a solidarity hackathon to support Coral Guadian in association with Big Bloom.
With a team from different backgrounds, we prototyped a digital solution for Coral Guardian which consisted of a knowledge-sharing platform.
During this event, I developed my leadership skills through the Design Thinking methodology.
Shop Assistant, Oxfam
Nov, 2016 - Dec, 2018
Volunteer Ambassador, STEM Ambassadors
Sep, 2021 - Present