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Manos-Software Engineer Contractor

Manos
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London, United Kingdom

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Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
Bristol, United Kingdom

Software Engineer Contractor

Nephelie

Position Summary
Software Engineer Contractor at Nephelie
Industries
Information Technology
Media and Entertainment
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Research and Development
  • Building the first wireless volumetric video application at University of Bristol with partners in London and Bristol.
  • Re-wrote existing camera synchronisation mechanism, reducing latencies from 35–50 μs to 1–3 μs.
  • Fully designed and implemented a novel Multipath TCP distributed system for real-time streaming from 64 cameras, high-fidelity data over multiple channels combining 5G, LiFi and WiFi.
  • Created scalable APIs, including the inter-process communication for the AI and Machine Learning pipeline to receive and process data almost instantaneously.
  • Created a responsive & mobile-friendly graphical interface (GUI) with live feedback and controls.
  • Created the metric collection infrastructure, including dashboards for monitoring and alerting, using Prometheus, NodeExporter and custom metrics.
  • Provided guidance to ML researchers for seamlessly integrating AI-driven control to the system.
  • Streamlined and automated the orchestration, configuration and deployment processes, promoting rapid feature development & agility.
  • Demonstrated the product on-site and off-site to companies like Airbus, Rolls Royce, Aardman and more.
Nov 2023 - Dec 2023
London, United Kingdom

Python Contractor

Rated Labs

Position Summary
Python Contractor at Rated Labs
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Added API functionality for reaching payments and subscriptions milestone.
  • Proactively identified and fixed bugs pre-launch, saving on long-term costs.
  • Created user alerting module (e.g. high usage emails, remaining tokens etc.) by integrating with third parties like Stripe and Lago via webhooks.
  • Assisted frontend developers with troubleshooting.
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
London, United Kingdom

Python Contractor

Mercedes-Benz

Position Summary
Python Contractor at Mercedes-Benz
Industries
Automotive
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
  • Delivered new data visualization features using Dash callbacks and Plotly visualizations, working closely with the data science team in an agile environment.
  • Resolved legacy deployment issues by streamlining and optimizing the deployment processes in the existing CI/CD pipeline involving CircleCI and GCP.
  • Assisted junior developers with troubleshooting and code reviews on GitHub.
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
London, United Kingdom

Python Consultant

StoreBoost

Position Summary
Python Consultant at StoreBoost
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Quality Assurance
  • Created a test suite from scratch, allowing testing of the full infrastructure with the click of a button.
  • Simplified and streamlined the configuration workflow of the system, ensuring a single source of truth for the whole system.
  • Refactored and removed portions of the existing codebase, significantly reducing maintenance.
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
London, United Kingdom

Python Contractor

Department for International Trade

Position Summary
Python Contractor at Department for International Trade
Industries
Government and Administration
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Quality Assurance
  • Introduced new features for beta customers.
  • Greatly improved test suite by refactoring and optimizing for speed and increasing test coverage.
Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
London, United Kingdom

Python Contractor

Percept

Position Summary
Python Contractor at Percept
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Quality Assurance
  • Designed and developed from scratch a domain specific language query language for querying metrics against different data sources.
  • Introduced a full-fledged test suite and test coverage.
  • Created an engine from scratch for generating insight data based on data pipeline metrics.
  • Created numerous debugging & validation tools, diagrams and documentation.
Jun 2020 - May 2024
London, United Kingdom

Python Contractor

Big Blue Door

Position Summary
Python Contractor at Big Blue Door
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Quality Assurance
  • Cut down costs and maintenance significantly by creating highly customizable Wagtail CMS components, allowing for fine-grained adjustments and UI edits by non-developers.
  • Turned mockup designs into responsive pages for a product campaign.
  • Planned and executed migration strategies for data and package upgrades by scoping dependencies and setting achievable milestones, validating integrity and performance at each step.
  • Created a test suite from scratch for the CMS, including integration and functional tests as part of the migration strategy.
Nov 2019 - Feb 2020
London, United Kingdom

Python Contractor

Umed

Position Summary
Python Contractor at Umed
Industries
Healthcare
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Designed and implemented from scratch a decoupled federated authentication and authorization system.
  • Delivered high quality code with high test coverage under a tight deadline working with a rough spec.
  • Integrated multiple systems and provided design documents used by the team as the source of truth.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Government and Administration, and Healthcare.

Information Technology
Media and Entertainment
Government and Administration
Healthcare
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Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Research and Development, and Business Intelligence.

Information Technology
Product Development
Quality Assurance
Research and Development
Business Intelligence
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Summary

  • Fullstack experience of 10+ years with Computer Science background.
  • Creator & maintainer of several industry adopted open-source & proprietary projects (Meta Quest 3, Mbed OS, etc).
  • Advocate for pragmatic, lean, agile practices promoting maintenable well-tested code.
  • Work experience within tech, healthcare and finance.

Skills

  • Backend: Python, Django, Rest Framework, Fastapi, Wagtail, Cms, Asyncio, Flask, Linux, Sentry, Redis, Orm, Oop, Design Patterns
  • Frontend: Vuejs3, Vuejs2, Es6, Javascript, Vite, Jquery, Bootstrap, Sass, Less, Html, Css
  • Testing: Cd/Ci, Pytest, Tdd, Bdd, Behave, Selenium, Cypress, Circleci, Jenkins, Stridercd
  • Data: Postgres, Sql, Peewee, Sqlalchemy, Dash, Plotly, Bokeh, Pandas, Athena, Grafana, Prometheus
  • Infrastructure: Gcp, Kubernetes, Docker, Artifact Registry, Gs, Iam, Kms, App Engine, Cloudflare, Digital Ocean, Aws, Snyk, Ansible, Pulumi, Linux

Languages

English
Advanced
Swedish
Elementary

Education

Oct 2012 - Jun 2014

Linköping University

BSc · Computer Science · Sweden · A (ECTS) | 3.66/4 (GPA) | MVG (SWE)

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 8
Experience in Information Technology 5 y
Avg length 9 m
Longest experience 3 y 11 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (United Kingdom)
Primary country United Kingdom

Expertise

Recent roles Software Engineer Contractor, Python Contractor, Python Consultant
Main industries Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Government and Administration
Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

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Frequently asked questions

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Manos is based in London, United Kingdom.
Manos speaks the following languages: English (Advanced), Swedish (Elementary).
Manos has at least 5 years of experience. During this time, Manos has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months. Note that Manos may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Manos would be well-suited for roles such as: Software Engineer Contractor, Python Contractor, Python Consultant.
Manos's most recent position is Software Engineer Contractor at Nephelie.
In recent years, Manos has worked for Nephelie, Rated Labs, Mercedes-Benz, StoreBoost, and Department for International Trade.
Manos is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, and Government and Administration. Manos also has some experience in Healthcare and Automotive.
Manos is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance. Manos also has some experience in Research and Development and Business Intelligence.
Manos holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from Linköping University.
Manos will be available full-time from June 2026.
Manos's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.
To hire Manos, click the Meet button on the profile to request a meeting and discuss your project needs.

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