I'm Paul 👋
Front-End Engineer turned DevOps. I love building things and helping people.
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About

Driven by curiosity and a hands-on approach, I have contributed to the development of market-leading products spanning e-commerce and trading applications. Beyond coding, I dedicate my time to family and fostering community engagement. As a co-organizer of the Copenhagen React Meetup and an active member of several programming communities in Copenhagen, I am passionate about sharing knowledge and connecting with like-minded professionals.

Work Experience

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Banking Circle

January 2024 - Now
Principal DevOps Engineer, Technical Lead
  • Ongoing...
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Banking Circle

December 2022 - January 2024
Senior DevOps Engineer, Technical Lead
  • Architected, built, and led the observability initiative across the organization, ensuring robust monitoring, logging, and metrics solutions for all systems.
  • Led a team of engineers to design and develop core platform components, creating scalable and reusable solutions for internal engineering teams.
  • Optimized and streamlined development workflows, facilitating the migration and integration of shared components across the engineering organization.
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Banking Circle

April 2022 - December 2022
Technical Lead
  • Architected and led the development of key UI tooling, including monorepo solutions, a UI component library, and a feature flag system, enhancing development efficiency and consistency.
  • Contributed to an internal team focused on automation, with primary objectives centered on release processes and infrastructure optimization.
  • Led a team of UI developers, delivering high-quality solutions for both client-facing and internal applications while fostering collaboration and technical excellence.
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Banking Circle

December 2019 - April 2022
Lead Front-End Engineer
  • Directed the development and implementation of all UI solutions, prioritizing quality, performance, and scalability.
  • Facilitated a core CI/CD migration, leading strategy and execution to streamline deployment processes.
  • Outlined and architected new core system applications, ensuring robust and maintainable designs aligned with business objectives.
  • Established and implemented an agile development process centered on trunk-based development, improving team collaboration and delivery speed.
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Saxo

March 2018 - December 2019
Senior Software Engineer
  • Maintained and enhanced a monolithic JavaScript architecture, ensuring reliability and scalability.
  • Contributed to the development of a multi-window trading application built on Electron, improving usability and performance for end users.
  • Led the migration from Selenium to Cypress.js for automated testing, significantly improving testing efficiency and reliability.
  • Coached and mentored junior developers, fostering skill development and ensuring high-quality contributions.
  • Worked across multiple trading applications, leveraging React, Redux, and C# to deliver robust and efficient solutions.
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Vivino

August 2016 - March 2018
Front-End Engineer
  • Designed and developed applications using modern frameworks, including Ruby on Rails, Ember, and React with Redux, ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions.
  • Spearheaded the adoption of a component-based architecture by implementing the BEM methodology, enhancing reusability and readability of UI components.
  • Advocated for and practiced Test-Driven Development (TDD) using Enzyme with Jest for JavaScript and RSpec for Ruby, ensuring high-quality, reliable code.
  • Created custom utility libraries for event tracking and analytics, streamlining tracking implementation across applications.
  • Led the migration away from jQuery and Bootstrap, modernizing all applications and reducing reliance on outdated dependencies.
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AutoUncle

July 2015 - August 2016
Designer / Front-End Engineer
  • Designed and developed full-stack features, delivering scalable and impactful solutions.
  • Owned the development and roadmap of all auto-dealer-facing features, ensuring alignment with business objectives and user needs.
  • Spearheaded the design and implementation of versions 1 and 2 of the company's core car trading and evaluation feature, now a central part of their platform.

Education

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Business Academy Aarhus

2011 - 2013
Bachelor's Degree of Web Development
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Aarhus Tech

2009 - 2011
AP Degree, Multimedia Design and Communication
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Emil Racovita High School - Mathemathics and Computer Science

2005 - 2009
High School and IB Diploma

Get in Touch

Want to chat? Just shoot me an email with your thoughts and I'll respond promptly. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!