Joshua Harrison

I am a

About

Hello World.

With a year of dynamic experience as a Software Engineer at Amazon and two insightful internships at Barclays, I've cultivated a solid foundation in feature development and collaborative dynamics. Through taking ownership of delivery workstreams for global features I have assisted in customer retention, automated service alarming and real-time cloud usage analysis.

Beyond my career, my passion for machine learning and innate curiosity has driven projects such as language-based stock analysis models, hybrid recommender systems, contributions to national curriculums and a published paper that found its way into news, blogs, and radio discussions across Canada, Brazil, the US, and the UK.

Thinking towards my future, my path is now aimed at the crossroads of technology and management. With a balanced experience in owning crucial meetings, rapid prioritisation and technical design I'm excited about the prospect of contributing my skills to higher-level software engineering roles and transitioning into entry-level management positions.

Join me as I navigate these paths and work towards bringing a balanced blend of innovation, customer delight and practicality to my work.

  • Location: London, UK
  • Relocation: Possible
  • Employment: SDE at Amazon (1 year)
  • Email: josh@jbfh.com

Skills

Throughout my experience in tech, I have attained a number of skills at varying levels of proficiency. Please see below for an example of some of the technologies I have had the opportunity to use. This is a list I'm always excited and eager to add to!

Python 100%
Java 80%
DevOps 80%
Amazon Web Services 60%
C 60%
AWS CDK 60%
SQL 50%
Hadoop 40%

Resume

Below is a selection of my relevant work experience, please see my LinkedIn or Contact Me for further details.

Education

Durham University, UK

2018 - 2022

MEng Computer Science

Weighted Average: 74% (1st Class with Honours)
Modules studied include:

  • Cybersecurity
  • Recommender Systems
  • Software Engineering
  • Networks and Systems
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Virtual and Augmented reality
  • Multimedia and Game Development
  • Public Engagement in Computer Science
  • Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning
  • Advanced Computer Graphics and Visualization
  • Computer Vision & Advanced Computer Vision
  • Computational Modelling in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

2016 - 2018

A-Levels: Computer Science, Mathematics & Physics
Grades: A*, A*, A respectively

AS-Level: History
Grade: A

Experience

Software Development Engineer

08/2022 - Present

Amazon

  • Improved customer retention by adapting Prime Video Channels' 'Remind Me Later' feature for global use.
  • Reduced oncall workload by taking ownership of automated alarming strategies for large scale services using AWS CDK.
  • Identified and engaged with service vulnerabilities by participating in team's oncall rota.
  • Increased access to employee support networks by actively developing and maintaining the Mental Health & Welbeing affinity group website.

Risk, finance & treasury technology intern

06/2021 - 08/2021

Barclays

  • Optimized and automated distributed cloud resource monitoring from taking hours to minutes through VBA programming.
  • Took ownership and led a neurodiversity awareness event with 800+ invitees.

Risk, finance & treasury technology intern

07/2020 - 08/2020

Barclays

  • Contributed to data reconciliation for the European Securities and Markets Authority across 14 tables and over 3,000,000 records using Hadoop, Excel, SQL and HIVE.
  • Improved DevOps usage and project management by migrating team from JIRA to Rally.

Bar Staff, Gym Staff & Assistant Events Officer

11/2021 - 07/2022

South College, Durham University

  • Worked within a diverse team to lead and support in-house events, create inclusive environments and regularly break bar revenue records while raising significant money for charity.

Young advisor & Youth lead champion

10/2015 - 06/2018

NHS & CYP-IAPT

  • Assisted in re-centering the Derby University CBT training course to centre on the patient as an end customer.
  • Presented at regional board meetings to update senior staff.
  • Enforced quality service across hospitals in the midlands through audits, interviews and board meetings with NHS trusts.

Actor

07/2008 - 07/2016

TrEAD Stage School

  • Performed within diverse casts to develop and perform musicals with professional west-end choreographers and directors.
  • Acquired leading roles in venues across the country, most notably the Manchester Palace Theatre.

A Practical Deep Learning-Based Acoustic Side Channel Attack on Keyboards

As part of my MEng at Durham University (2018 - 2022), I performed an experiment in which I wanted to see if a deep learning (DL) model built for image recognition could apply it's state-of-the-art architecture to the relatively underexplored problem of keystroke acoustic classification. This paper went on to get some international attention...

Portfolio

Below are a few of my past projects both from personal interest and as part of my degree, keep checking back or follow my GitHub to see progress!

  • All
  • Machine Learning
  • Web

Explore Beaurepaire

HTML/CSS, JS, MongoDB

Stock Headline Sentiment Accuracy Classifier

Python - SKLearn, Pandas, Requests

Restaurant Hybrid Recommender System

Python - SKLearn, Pandas, SciPy

Pegasus Image Generating GAN

Python - PyTorch

Just a Tool: Online Safety Course for Retired Persons

MS Sway

Gravitar-Playing ML

Python - PyTorch

Distributed Food Ordering System

Python - Pyro4