resume.yml

basics:
  name: Tyrone Smith
  email: hello@aliciasykes.com
  url: https://github.com/lissy93
  location:
    address: London, UK
personal-statement: |
  I help organisations turn complex technical challenges into simple,
  scalable solutions that make a real difference for users and teams.
  I've led multi-team organisations, modernised large-scale systems,
  and built high-performance cultures grounded in openness, inclusion,
  and technical excellence.
  I'm passionate about open source, user privacy, and leaving a lasting
  impact at both company and community level.
extra-links:
  work_history:
    text: See all previous roles at linkedin.com/in/aliciasykes
    link: https://linkedin.com/in/aliciasykes
  projects:
    text: See example projects built with each technology at apps.aliciasykes.com
    link: https://apps.aliciasykes.com/
education:
- institution: Oxford Brookes
  area: Computer Science
  studyType: BSc
  startDate: ''
  endDate: ''
  score: 1st Class Honors. Winner of Best Final Year Project Prize. President of Computing Society.
work:
- name: loveholidays
  position: Staff Software Engineer
  startDate: 2024-11
  endDate: Present
  highlights:
  - Spearheaded accessibility strategy ahead of European Accessibility Act,
    building site-wide scanning and reporting platform, and then coordinating
    remediation across 6 teams.
  - Strengthened infrastructure and reliability through Kubernetes/Terraform
    and vendor collaboration (Fastly, DataDome).
  - Served as learning champion, establishing resources, learning pathways and
    fostering continuous upskilling and mentorship across the engineering department.

- name: AND Digital
  position: Principal Engineer
  startDate: 2022-08
  endDate: 2024-10
  highlights:
  - Led architecture and development for a high-scale white-labelled mobile app for Frasers Group, achieving 1M+ downloads and a 4.8/5 rating on app stores (React Native).
  - Delivered strategic technical leadership across multiple client projects including Lloyds Bank and International SOS, driving large-scale migrations to modern, maintainable stacks.
  - Mentored and upskilled a team of 8–12 engineers through structured mini-projects, paired programming, and technical coaching, fostering a high-growth culture.
  - Established and hosted a bi-weekly engineering guild attended by 40+ engineers, sharing best practices in performance, accessibility, testing, and architecture.
  - Acted as a bridge between delivery and engineering excellence, ensuring long-term code quality and platform resilience without compromising speed.

- name: Galaxy
  position: VP of Frontend Engineering
  startDate: 2020-06
  endDate: 2022-05
  highlights:
  - Directed frontend engineering for Galaxy's flagship OTC trading platform,
    enabling over $1B in trading volume with enterprise-grade performance and reliability.
  - Architected and led a full-stack modernization of legacy codebases,
    improving app load times by 50% and significantly reducing tech debt.
  - Oversaw and scaled frontend engineering strategy, standards, and execution
    across multiple teams, including hiring, mentoring, and tech governance.
  - Shipped high-quality features rapidly through close cross-functional collaboration.
    Increasing team velocity by 30% through improved CI/CD processes and tooling.
  - Advocated for open standards, accessibility, and performance as core pillars
    of engineering success.

- name: Freelance
  position: Contract Software Engineer Lead
  startDate: 2018-01
  endDate: 2020-06
  highlights:
  - Acted as engineering lead on high-impact React Native projects including
    Shell Recharge, driving delivery from design to deployment across platforms.
  - Built a performant, scalable component library from scratch for a UK fintech
    startup, establishing strong frontend architecture and design consistency.
  - Delivered a full-stack IoT dashboard for Machine Max, visualizing real-time
    CO2 and idling metrics from edge devices (Raspberry Pi + cloud stack).
  - Consistently embedded in client teams as a trusted lead, providing
    architecture reviews, CI/CD pipeline improvements, and technical mentorship.

- name: Accenture
  position: Developer
  startDate: 2014-05
  endDate: 2019-01
  highlights:
  - Took lead on the 3D/AR work for the B&Q bathroom planner (Angular, A-Frame)
  - Lead a team of apprentices on the Accenture UKI Innovation Programme (Google Glass,
    React, D3.js)
  - Ran sessions on coding best practices, testing and observability for engineers
    across the business
  - Headed up the pair programming initiative within Accenture Digital and their clients
  - Also supported with the roll-out of Universal Credit (Java), Boots NHS Prescriptions
    integration (Node.js), E.ON Next Smart Meter portal (React) and the Post Office
    Kiosk Terminal
skills:
- name: Frontend
  keywords:
  - React
  - Svelte
  - TypeScript
- name: Backend
  keywords:
  - Go
  - Rust
  - Node.js
  - Python
  - Java
  - PHP
- name: Mobile
  keywords:
  - Kotlin
  - Swift
  - React Native
  - Flutter
- name: DevOps
  keywords:
  - Ansible
  - Kubernetes
  - Terraform
- name: Obs/Mon
  keywords:
  - Prometheus
  - ELK stack
  - OpenTelemetry
  - Grafana
- name: CI/CD
  keywords:
  - Argo CD
  - GitHub Actions
- name: Cloud
  keywords:
  - Vercel
  - Netlify
  - GCP
  - Azure
- name: Databases
  keywords:
  - PostgreSQL
  - SQLite
  - Redis
  - MySQL
  - MongoDB

achievements:
  - text: Top female developer on GitHub worldwide (out of 100m users)
    source: 'https://gitstar-ranking.com/Lissy93'
  - text: 10M+ Docker downloads across my open-source projects
    source: 'https://hub.docker.com/u/lissy93'
  - text: 10+ global hackathon wins, demonstrating rapid innovation
    source: 'https://notes.aliciasykes.com/p/0s5s3uOtKj'
  - text: 1M+ lines of code authored, maintainer of 100+ repos, powering 1M+ annual unique users
    source: 'https://codestats.net/users/alicia'
  - text: 10k+ subscribers on DEV.to blog demonstrating community impact and reach
    source: 'https://dev.to/lissy93'
  - text: Top 1% contributor on StackOverflow
    source: 'https://stackoverflow.com/users/979052/alicia-sykes'

awards:
- title: Open UK Honours List (2025)
  summary: Recognised for outstanding contributions to the tech and open-source sector
  source: 'https://openuk.uk/honours/'
- title: GitHub Accelerator Alumni
  summary: Selected among 10 developers (Microsoft M12 partnership) to launch AI-security tooling
  source: 'https://accelerator.github.com/'
- title: Open UK Honours List (2024)
  summary: Honoured for leadership and impact in open-source communities
  source: 'https://openuk.uk/community/openuk-honours-lists/2024-honours-list'
- title: Best Comp Sci Project
  summary: Awarded by Oxford British Computer Society
  source: 'https://oxon.bcs.org/2016/06/27/annual-student-prizes-2016/'

projects:
- name: 'Dashy'
  description: 'Self-hosted dashboard deployed on 500k+ servers worldwide, driving adoption in enterprise and open-source communities'
  github: 'lissy93/dashy'
  url: 'https://dashy.to'
  language: 'Vue'
  stars: '20k'
- name: 'Web-Check'
  description: 'OSINT website scanner, with 100k MAU, widely used by security researchers and enterprises'
  github: 'lissy93/web-check'
  url: 'https://web-check.xyz'
  language: 'React'
  stars: '25k'
- name: 'AdGuardian'
  description: 'Rust-based CLI dashboard, for DNS and traffic monitoring in the terminal'
  github: 'lissy93/AdGuardian-Term'
  url: 'https://adguardian.as93.net/'
  language: 'Rust'
  stars: '1k'
- name: 'Digital Defense'
  description: 'Personal security assessment platform with 100k+ users, driving awareness of digital safety'
  github: 'lissy93/personal-security-checklist'
  url: 'https://digital-defense.io/'
  language: 'Qwik'
  stars: '18k'
- name: 'Domain Locker'
  description: 'Comprehensive domain management and security platform'
  github: 'lissy93/domain-locker'
  url: 'https://domain-locker.com/'
  language: 'Angular'
  stars: '300'