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Tara Collins

Tara Collins

Ex Software Engineer @ Zalando
Vancouver, BC
tarafcollins@gmail.com
https://taracollins.xyz/
English

Background

About

About

I'm a software engineer currently in search of new opportunities. I have a particular interest in developing applications using functional languages sucha as Scala. I graduated from Dublin City University with a first-class honours B.Sc. Computer Science degree. While studying there, I activeily participated in multiple clubs and socieites. I was elected the treasurer and the public relations officer for Redbrick, Dublin City University's computer networking society.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Software Engineer, Zalando

    Jan, 2023 - Oct, 20239 months

    Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle. I developed business-critical highly-scalable microservices that store, clean, and serve data for 50+ million customers across 25 markets in a GDPR compliant manner. I also designed, developed, and wrote documentation for a feature store service that stored, processed, and provided a REST API to access commonly-used features company-wide.

    • Scala

    • Redis

    • DynamoDB

    • Postgres

    • Kubernetes

    • AWS

  • Junior Software Engineer, Zalando

    Jun, 2021 - Jan, 20231 year 7 months

    Prior to getting promoted, I worked on developing and optimising services that process high volumes of customer data. This includes developing bootstrap procedures to improve the reliability of services. I also volunteered to join the on-call rota and responded to time-critical pages.

    • Scala

    • Redis

    • DynamoDB

    • Postgres

    • Kubernetes

    • AWS

  • Software Engineer Tutor, Dublin City University

    Sep, 2020 - May, 20218 months

    Provided educational support for all Computer Applications and Software Engineering modules by supervising Zoom and on-campus labs.

    • Python

    • Java

    • MIPS assembly language

  • Software Engineer, AdaptiveMobile Security

    Mar, 2020 - Sep, 20206 months

    I developed analytical software that provided intelligence on signalling security attacks within telecommunications networks.

    • Clojure

    • Java

    • Kafka

  • MIPS Assembly Language Tutor, Dublin City University

    Sep, 2019 - Dec, 20193 months

    Selected tutor due to grade achievements. Provided educational support for students doing MIPS labs and supervised lab exams.

    • MIPS Assembly Language

  • Python Tutor, Dublin City University

    Sep, 2018 - May, 20198 months

    Selected tutor due to grade achievements. Assisted students in Python programming labs by explaining the basic fundamentals of the language and problem solving. Further selected to individually tutor a student that had difficulties.

    • Python

Skills

Skills

  • Languages

    Scala

    Java

    Python

    Clojure

  • Frameworks and Libraries

    Akka (actor, http, auth)

    TypeClasses ecosystem (Cats, Cats-effect, FS2, Circe)

  • Databases

    DynamoDB

    Postgres

  • Technologies and Tools

    Kubernetes

    Docker

    Kafka

    Nakadi

    Redis

    AWS CloudFormation

    AWS EC2

    AWS MSK

    AWS S3

    Grafana

    Scalyr

    OpenTracing

    Lightstep

    Git

  • Testing

    ScalaTest

    PyUnit

    Locust

    Gatling

Education

Education

  • Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Dublin City University

    Dec, 2017 - Feb, 2022

Awards

Awards

  • Bank of Ireland Enterprise Award , Junk Kouture

    Awarded on:

    Awarded the Bank of Ireland Enterprise Award from competing in the Junk Kouture recycled fashion competition.

Interests

Interests

  • 3D printing and modeling

  • Film photography

  • Camping

  • Surfing

  • Scuba diving

  • Yoga