Simon Murphy BEng (Hons)Senior Software Developer
Email
[email protected]
Location
18 Longden Avenue, Shrewsbury
LinkedIn
simon-andrew-murphy
Profile

I am a voracious problem solver and love the challenges and opportunities that critical thinking and programming afford me. Having broken into the tech sphere - I am now excited to apply what I have learned to an environment with tangible and widespread impact. I am excited to see where my momentum and passion will take me.

Professional Experience
06/2025 – Present
  • •Manage day-to-day sprint operations, ensuring team members have the support and resources they need.
  • •Mentor junior and mid-level developers, building team resilience and reducing onboarding time.
  • •Review pull requests for best practices, consistency, and maintainability.
  • •Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, and improvements to working practices, fostering an inclusive environment where all voices are heard.
    • 01/2024 – 06/2025
  • •Stepped up to lead projects during a period of rapid company growth when senior coverage was limited, maintaining delivery momentum and mentoring new hires.
  • •Built and maintained RESTful APIs for external and internal developers, enabling a smoother transition from monolith to domain-context architecture.
  • •Designed and implemented solutions for splitting shared entities into domain-specific entities, synchronising data across systems, and updating service/controller layers to improve scalability and enable separation.
  • •Streamlined auditing data flows, allowing compliance teams to act faster and reducing operational complexity.
  • •Actively collaborated with product owners, testing engineers, and clients to resolve ambiguity through techniques like example mapping, ensuring shared understanding and alignment before implementation.
  • •Provided constructive feedback through code reviews, raising engineering quality and consistency.
    • 06/2023 – 01/2024
  • •Rapidly learned a complex .NET stack, exceeding expectations by contributing beyond code delivery — including joining working groups. Generally putting my head above the parrapet.
  • •Embraced Agile and SCRUM principles, contributing to improved delivery processes.
  • •Took every opportunity to pair program with senior colleagues, accelerating learning and adopting enterprise standards for concise, efficient, and reliable code.
  • •Learned how to delivered high-quality features and bug fixes with a direct impact on customer workflows, improving usability and system performance.
    • Arcadis UK, Assistant Engineering Geologist
    04/2021 – presentBirmingham, United Kingdom
  • •Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to deliver detailed design packages for HS2 (30 km of high-speed rail, 300+ design elements).
  • •Founding member of computational design and geotechnical automation groups, developing Python scripts that streamlined design workflows and improved efficiency.
  • •Applied Python and Geospatial Packages to automate calculations, build ground models, and pioneer techniques for instrumentation and monitoring schedules.
  • •Presented complex technical solutions to design teams, leaders, and stakeholders, ensuring shared understanding and alignment.
  • •Acted as a mentor for colleagues (notably for python scripting), supporting learning and fostering knowledge sharing.
    • Brownfield Solutions Ltd., Geoenvironmental Consultant
    01/2021 – 04/2021Bromsgrove, United Kingdom
  • •Led ground investigation teams, supervised subcontractors, and managed on-site earthworks operations.
  • •Resolved issues in real time to maintain progress, demonstrating resilience and problem-solving in high-pressure environments.
    • IDOM Merebrook Ltd., Geoenvironmental Consultant
    08/2018 – 09/2019Bromley, United Kingdom
  • •Resident Engineer on a large-scale earthworks project, representing the client and ensuring technical specification compliance.
  • •Chaired regular meetings with clients, contractors, and consultants, facilitating alignment across stakeholders.
  • •Investigated contaminated land, developed remediation strategies, and communicated complex risk assessments to technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Education
    Engineering Geology and Geotechnics (Hons) 1:1, University of Portsmouth
    09/2013 – 06/2017
    Languages
    German
    English
    Skills
    Full stack development: .NET, C#, razor, MVC
    html, css
    Python, Micropython
    Interests
    Climbing
    Travelling
    Magic the Gathering
    Projects
  • •(Python/micropython, JS, HTML/CSS): I taught myself JS, so that I could control the board through a browser client. I also taught myself electronics, Node.js, and became familiar with microcontroller sockets and servers. I also learned about GitHub, some bash scripting, and workflow through VS code; more detailed description is available in the link above.