Andy Evans

Senior engineer at a software and AI consultancy, delivering client solutions across the full stack. Also owning the platform engineering role for DataQI, an AI platform.

• Own the platform engineering role for DataQI, covering cloud and on-prem infrastructure, Kubernetes deployments and the CI/CD pipelines the team ships through.
• Investigated and introduced Argo CD, then made GitOps the way the whole business deploys. It now runs every DataQI environment.
• Introduced ephemeral environments on top of Argo CD, initially hosted on AKS. Labelling a pull request now gives any developer or tester their own deployment of DataQI in about 10 minutes, where before it took the best part of a day and so rarely happened at all.
• Later moved those environments off AKS and onto an on-prem Kubernetes cluster, cutting £600 a month from the Azure bill. Built and provisioned the cluster myself with Ansible.
• Built self-service environments with Backstage, so non-technical colleagues can create their own instance of DataQI on demand, without needing an engineer.
• Built an AI code summariser for the team, fronted by an Azure DevOps extension and backed by a secured Azure Functions API running the LLM calls.
• Own the technical direction of client solutions and provide technical oversight in client-facing workshops.
• Lead multi-skilled delivery teams and bring clarity to projects through backlog management and estimation.
• Mentor other engineers across the business, formally and informally.

Technical leader on a microservice-based SaaS platform that sat at the core of a new business offering.

• Architect and lead developer for a greenfield microservice SaaS platform, including its deployment and verification.
• Set the technical standards and Azure deployment approach the delivery teams built against.

Senior developer on the company's enterprise software and a new microservice-based SaaS application.

• Feature development, bug fixing and maintenance of the company's enterprise software.
• Led a test automation project that cut the manual effort in regression testing.
• Coached new developers and drove adoption of newer technologies across the team.

Built a driver interface for a high-performance electric vehicle, integrating software with in-car electronics over CAN bus.

• Delivered the in-car driver interface end to end for a works prototype, integrating directly with vehicle electronics over CAN bus. The prototype laid the groundwork for McMurtry's record-setting Spéirling.
• Produced development tooling for the engineering team, including an ECU configuration tool and remote data logging via AWS.

Web developer on a leading enterprise risk management product.

• Maintenance and development of the flagship enterprise risk management product, including a major rewrite of the front-end in AngularJS.
• Introduced test automation suites and maintained the build and deployment pipelines, increasing reliability and confidence in the finished product.

Co-ordinator on a business-wide efficiency improvement project, acting as liaison between business stakeholders and an external software development team to replace existing SAP procurement processes.

• Gathered requirements from stakeholders across the business, often with conflicting views, and turned them into a single coherent specification for the external development team.

Two-year graduate rotation programme covering 1st, 2nd and 3rd line support of daily IT operations, and improving internal software systems. Became Microsoft certified as a Windows 7 Enterprise Desktop Support Technician.

Developed custom SQL reports and Excel macros to assist the Banking and Financial Services team with account reconciliation and internal auditing.