Edward Foulds

Hi, I'm

Edward Foulds

Junior Software Engineer

· Travel Enthusiast ·

About

After graduating with first class honours in Mechanical Engineering, I worked at Jaguar Land Rover and developed my engineering experience within the manufacturing industry. During this time, I worked closely with the Software Development teams deploying new technology into new cars. This built on my previous experience of working with C++ at University.


Driven by my experiences with the Software Development teams at JLR, I enrolled in General Assembly’s Software Engineering Immersive course to develop my skills further. With an adaptable and reflective approach to learning, I excelled and loved the program, providing me with an excellent foundation for full stack development. Able to work under pressure, positively collaborate with people and armed with a keen sense of humour, I am now looking for opportunities to join a team as a Junior developer, eager to embrace responsibility and further develop my existing leadership skills.

I love to play all sports, particularly team sports, and over the last few years have become an avid spike ball player. I have also competed at regional and national levels in both Hockey and Cricket.

I love travelling and exploring new places. One of my adventures saw me complete the Camino de Santiago, a 500 mile walk across Northern Spain.

I enjoy relaxing with music and play the Trumpet and Violin. I’ve also recently started teaching myself the drums.

Skills

HTML5

CSS

Sass

Bulma

Tailwind

JavaScript

React

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Git

GitHub

Django

Express

Node.js

Python

VSCode

Trello

Heroku

Projects

SpikeSquad

SpikeSquad

Solo Project

Timeframe: 7days

A full-stack app with a backend routed in Python, Django and PostgreSQL, connected to a frontend built using React and Tailwind for styling. The app is designed to aid spike ball players in connecting with fellow players to share spike ball stories and organise meet ups. It features a news feed and in app chat, as well as Login and Register functionality using JWT.

Big Smoke

Big Smoke

Group Project (3 People)

Timeframe: 7days

A full-stack MERN app with CRUD functionality. Focussed on introducing new and popular locations in London to the user. As a group, we worked full-stack. I focussed on the multi-search/filter tool on the site, as well as building relationships between users with ‘like’ and ‘add to itinerary’ functionality.

Great Night Out

Great Night Out

Pair Project

Timeframe: 48hrs

In two days, we built a React app which used an external API. Functionality included searching for events and displaying event locations on a map. The project was invaluable in terms of learning to pair-code and using version control with Git/Github.

Maze Madness

Maze Madness

Solo Project

Timeframe: 5days

A grid-based game built with Vanilla JavaScript, HTML and CSS. A dynamically generated maze game which gets progressively harder each level.

Experience

General Assembly

General Assembly

Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

12-week course expanding full stack application development proficiency

  • Pair and group programming
  • Consumed and integrated third-party application programming interfaces (APIs)
  • Safely modelled and stored data in SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Built secure full-stack applications by leveraging common design and architectural patterns like Representational State Transfer (REST)
  • Built four fully-functioning and user friendly web applications within time pressured environments.
MyTutor

MyTutor

Aug 2021 - Apr 2022

A part-time role in which I taught over 200 online 1:1 and 3:1 tuition lessons completed with KS3, GCSE and A Level pupils in Mathematics and Science (Chemistry/Physics/Biology)

  • Planned, organised and delivered tailored lessons.
  • Provided feedback both written and oral on students performance with a view to build confidence and increase exam performance
  • Quickly assessed students learning needs and weakness areas
  • Received exceptional reviews from parents and students alike, praising my dedication to helping students improve and my ability to make complex subjects easier to understand
Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover

Sept 2017 - Aug 2021

Coordinated and managed vehicle program delivery. Engaged with a wide range of business functions to successfully launch new vehicles, meeting all cost and quality standards.

  • Successfully coordinated the launch and introduction of a new electrical architecture and infotainment system, working closely with software development teams
  • Timely resolution of issues, establishment of containments and determination of root cause through effective collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Constant assessment of build failure modes in the manufacturing process to improve product reliability and quality
  • Presented workstream progress in weekly launch meetings to support senior decisions
  • Continuous improvement using ‘lessons learnt’ and ‘best practice’ to ‘prevent recurrence’

Contact

Please feel free to check out my GitHub, LinkedIn or get in touch with me for more information!