resume.json

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  "basics": {
    "name": "Kayleigh Whitehurst",
    "label": "Senior Laravel / PHP Developer",
    "email": "kayleigh.whitehurst@outlook.com",
    "phone": "07590729787",
    "url": "https://www.whitehurstmedia.co.uk",
    "summary": "Senior PHP/Laravel Developer with strong experience delivering and maintaining complex, production-grade web applications end-to-end. I specialise in Laravel, Livewire, Vue.js, Tailwind, and RESTful APIs, with a pragmatic focus on long-term maintainability, performance, and reducing technical debt.\n\nI regularly take ownership of features from investigation and technical design through implementation, review, UAT, and production deployment. I am comfortable working across Linux-based environments, Docker and Docker Compose, and cloud/VPS platforms, and I have delivered multiple third-party integrations including Microsoft Graph, Google Maps, and payment gateways.\n\nA key strength is improving existing systems: refactoring legacy code, stabilising deployments, and shaping development processes that scale. I have also designed and delivered complex greenfield components, including a ProseMirror-based template editor built using a registry-based architecture.",
    "location": {
      "address": "Cartrefle, Ffestiniog",
      "postalCode": "LL41 4LG",
      "city": "Blaenau Ffestiniog",
      "countryCode": "GB",
      "region": "Gwynedd, North Wales"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "kjw87",
        "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/kjw87"
      },
      {
        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "kayrah87",
        "url": "https://www.github.com/kayrah87"
      },
      {
        "network": "Website",
        "username": "whitehurstmedia.co.uk",
        "url": "https://www.whitehurstmedia.co.uk"
      }
    ]
  },
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "Technology Within",
      "position": "Web Developer",
      "startDate": "2024-04-01",
      "summary": "Part of an agile product team, contributing to sprint planning, estimation, technical decision-making, and end-to-end feature delivery across investigation, design, implementation, UAT, and production deployment.",
      "highlights": [
        "Designed and delivered Laravel-based solutions backed by MariaDB and MySQL, focused on reliability and maintainability.",
        "Architected and delivered a complex ProseMirror-based template editor from the ground up using a registry design pattern.",
        "Worked across Linux environments, Docker/Docker Compose, and cloud/VPS platforms including AWS.",
        "Regularly reviewed pull requests and helped improve coding standards and shared engineering practices.",
        "Focused on reducing technical debt and stabilising legacy areas."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Really Simple Systems CRM",
      "position": "Web Developer",
      "startDate": "2019-11-01",
      "endDate": "2024-04-01",
      "summary": "Developed and maintained back-end CRM systems in PHP (primarily Laravel), focusing on security, performance, upgrades, and long-term stability, alongside full-stack delivery and internal tooling.",
      "highlights": [
        "Built and maintained Laravel CRM functionality with attention to application security, performance, and framework upgrades.",
        "Designed and built in-house deployment and integration tooling (Ploi API, GitLab, GitHub) to support automated workflows.",
        "Delivered a “Nearby Accounts” mapping tool using Google Maps and Geocoding APIs with Vue.js and Tailwind.",
        "Improved quality and reliability through PHPUnit and Dusk testing and peer code reviews.",
        "Contributed to a cross-platform Android/iOS app using Ionic 7 with Vue.js and Tailwind."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Maru/Matchbox",
      "position": "Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2019-07-01",
      "endDate": "2019-11-01",
      "summary": "Converted designer UI/UX assets into reusable front-end components and templates, with a focus on accessibility and delivery within an agile workflow.",
      "highlights": [
        "Converted UI/UX designs from Sketch into a UI Toolkit using SASS/SCSS.",
        "Worked with Git/Bitbucket, JavaScript/jQuery, and webpack.",
        "Converted HTML elements into Twig templates with variables for a UI configuration service.",
        "Performed accessibility testing to AAA standard and remediated issues.",
        "Participated in agile delivery including code reviews tracked in JIRA."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Glow Green Ltd",
      "position": "Full Stack PHP Developer",
      "startDate": "2018-08-01",
      "endDate": "2019-07-01",
      "summary": "Delivered CRM enhancements and worked through end-to-end development milestones, collaborating with engineers and customers to implement new features.",
      "highlights": [
        "Managed development milestones from initial steps through final delivery.",
        "Reviewed code, debugged problems, and corrected issues.",
        "Collaborated with engineers and customers on project specifications.",
        "Enhanced an existing Laravel-based CRM system, including new ticketing features."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Parcelforce Worldwide",
      "position": "Planning Manager",
      "startDate": "2016-04-01",
      "endDate": "2018-07-01",
      "summary": "Planning and forecasting parcel volumes and automating data capture/storage, with reporting dashboards built using MySQL and CodeIgniter.",
      "highlights": [
        "Planned and forecast parcel volumes.",
        "Automated data capture and storage using MySQL 5.7.",
        "Built reporting screens and web dashboards using the CodeIgniter framework."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Royal Mail",
      "position": "Cost Deployment, Database Manager, and Industrial Engineer",
      "startDate": "2011-10-01",
      "endDate": "2016-04-01",
      "summary": "Project management and cost reduction in a large operational environment, including database management, reporting visualisation, and time-and-motion analysis.",
      "highlights": [
        "Project management and cost reduction work within a £91m/year plan.",
        "SQL Server management with web visualisation through CakePHP.",
        "Team manager for a database change team.",
        "Performed time and motion analysis to support cost reduction and staff welfare initiatives."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "volunteer": [
    {
      "organization": "Touring Caravan Club",
      "position": "Web Developer (Volunteer)",
      "startDate": "2016-04-01",
      "endDate": "2025-07-01",
      "summary": "Led requirements analysis and delivered a bespoke Laravel membership platform, replacing an initial WordPress/WooCommerce approach and integrating multiple payment providers.",
      "highlights": [
        "Led demand analysis and cost estimation to define requirements and guide technical decisions.",
        "Replaced an initial WordPress/WooCommerce implementation with a bespoke Laravel platform using MySQL, Vue.js, and Inertia.js.",
        "Implemented payments with Stripe, Worldpay, and PayPal Express Checkout.",
        "Designed custom role-based permission middleware.",
        "Configured and deployed CentOS and Ubuntu server environments."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "Staffordshire University",
      "area": "Computer Games Design",
      "studyType": "BSc",
      "startDate": "2006-01-01",
      "endDate": "2009-01-01",
      "gpa": "",
      "courses": []
    },
    {
      "institution": "Bracknell & Wokingham College",
      "area": "IT Practitioners",
      "studyType": "BTEC National Diploma",
      "startDate": "2003-01-01",
      "endDate": "2006-01-01",
      "gpa": "",
      "courses": []
    },
    {
      "institution": "St Thomas More School and Technology College",
      "area": "IT",
      "studyType": "GNVQ Intermediate",
      "startDate": "2002-01-01",
      "endDate": "2003-01-01",
      "gpa": "",
      "courses": []
    }
  ],
  "awards": [
    {
      "title": "CCA HTML5 Level 1",
      "date": "",
      "awarder": "CCA",
      "summary": ""
    },
    {
      "title": "CCA CSS Level 1",
      "date": "",
      "awarder": "CCA",
      "summary": ""
    },
    {
      "title": "Mental Health First Aid",
      "date": "",
      "awarder": "",
      "summary": ""
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Backend",
      "level": "",
      "keywords": ["Laravel", "PHP 8+", "REST APIs", "Livewire", "PHPUnit", "Dusk"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Frontend",
      "level": "",
      "keywords": ["Vue.js", "Vuex", "Tailwind CSS", "Inertia.js"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Data",
      "level": "",
      "keywords": ["MySQL", "MariaDB"]
    },
    {
      "name": "DevOps & Infrastructure",
      "level": "",
      "keywords": ["Linux", "Docker", "Docker Compose", "AWS", "VPS hosting", "CI/CD", "Laravel Forge"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Integrations",
      "level": "",
      "keywords": ["Microsoft Graph", "Google Maps & Geocoding APIs", "Stripe", "Worldpay", "PayPal"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Practices",
      "level": "",
      "keywords": ["Agile delivery", "Code review", "Refactoring legacy systems", "Technical debt reduction"]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Native speaker"
    }
  ],
  "interests": [
    {
      "name": "Heavy Metal DJ Streaming",
      "keywords": ["Live streaming", "Music curation", "Broadcasting"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Electric Guitar",
      "keywords": ["Performance", "Practice", "Amplification"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Drums",
      "keywords": ["Rhythm", "Live playing", "Practice"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Music Production",
      "keywords": ["Recording", "Mixing", "Digital audio"]
    },
    {
      "name": "3D Printing and Design",
      "keywords": ["CAD", "Prototyping", "Fabrication"]
    },
    {
      "name": "VRChat World Design",
      "keywords": ["World building", "3D environments", "Interactive design"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Homelab Networking",
      "keywords": ["Self-hosting", "Networking", "Infrastructure"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Motorcycling",
      "keywords": ["Touring", "Maintenance", "Road riding"]
    }
  ],
  "references": []
}