Jack Gledhill

Worked to migrate the SU's website from an archaic HTML/CSS system to a new, extensible React web app. Collated real feedback from students on the website to aid design philosophy in the future. Used Figmadesigns to bring new life to existing web pages in need of a fresh coat of paint. Deployed a staging version of the website using Cloudflare Pages to enable more efficient code and design reviews

Consulted with the charity on their mission and needs for an online store. Researched potential approaches and summarised associated costs and risks. Aided decision-making with technical knowledge. Built and configured a Wix e-commerce website. Designed merchandise to be sold on the online store.

Delivered an introductory workshop on Kubernetes. The workshop introduces Kubernetes, its uses and how to get started with it. Students learn the basics of container orchestration, setting up a cluster with Docker Desktop and deploying Pods and Services to the cluster.

Took charge of tech at Sheffield’s 2024 Hackathon. Attended frequent meetings in a team of 12 to discuss, brainstorm and organise the Hackathon. Kept the peace when collective stress turned meetings sour. Volunteered for 21 hours during the 36-hour Hackathon, including setup, food, registration, stewarding, judging and teardown.

Built an e-commerce Progressive Web App that integrates with clients' Wordpress websites to facilitate straightforward Business-to-Business (B2B) purchases and invoicing. Regularly sought advice and feedback from Sales, Management and other Developers to aid decision-making. Designed custom tools to integrate into the company's Project Management Systems (PMS), reducing managerial overhead and improving team efficiency.

Engineered a new orchestration system that rapidly scales, monitors and error-corrects the company's cloud platform. Refactored the platform's original codebase into a series of individually scalable, resilient microservices. This new codebase integrated directly with the orchestration system to provide near-perfect uptime and simplified disaster recovery.