01
Build
Database-backed services, layered application structure, authentication flows, validation, and server-rendered product interfaces.
- Java
- Spring Boot
- SQL
- JPA
- Thymeleaf
Available for internships & placements
Useful software.Thoughtfully engineered.
I’m John, an Applied Software Engineering student building dependable products with Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and an increasingly serious interest in cloud delivery.
00 / Approach
I don’t collect technologies. I use them to turn ambiguous problems into software people can actually navigate, trust, and maintain.
My strongest work sits where backend logic, human workflows, and production thinking meet—from authentication and data models to testing, deployment, and the final interaction.
The goal is not novelty for its own sake. It is considered software: clear structure, honest trade-offs, and detail that holds up beyond the demo.
01 / Selected work
Case files, not thumbnails.
Four projects showing product thinking, service architecture, security, data, and delivery.
02 / Capabilities
What I bring to the build.
A working stack organised by confidence and practical use, not a wall of logo badges.
02
Deliver
Collaborative Git workflows, relational migrations, automated checks, infrastructure practice, and deployment planning.
- Git / GitHub
- Flyway
- JUnit
- Jenkins
- Terraform
03
Advance
The areas I am deliberately pushing deeper: production readiness, security review, cloud systems, and stronger test strategy.
- Cloud delivery
- CI/CD
- Security
- Observability
- Kotlin
03 / Journey
Built in the classroom.
Sharpened in the real world.
2024 — NOW
Education / Cardiff University
BSc Applied Software Engineering
A BCS-accredited, project-led degree at the National Software Academy, shaped by client briefs, Agile teamwork, demonstrations, code feedback, and reflective delivery.
2023 — NOW
Experience / Currys, Cardiff
Technology Specialist
Front-line technical support: diagnosing device and software issues, supporting repairs and data transfers, and translating technical next steps for non-technical customers.
2022 — 2023
Experience / Caffè Nero, Llandudno
Shift Leader
Led teams and kept service moving under pressure—early evidence that communication, ownership, and calm problem-solving matter just as much as technical ability.
04 / Contact
Have a role, placement, or interesting problem?