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Tim Sheerman-Chase MPhys MInstP PhD

Phone: +44 (0)7719 775716 – Email: jobcontact [at] sheerman-chase [dot] org [dot] uk

Software developer seeking part-time work on a hybrid/remote basis or on site within Portsmouth, UK. I am not interested in arms companies.

I am a software engineer, with experience in range of industries, technologies and academia, with a particular interest in cutting edge technology. I have completed a PhD in computer vision at the University of Surrey. I spent several years as a contract software developer working remotely with companies around the world. This has given me experience of independently conducting research, as well as all stages of software design and development within team based, multi-company projects.

Employment

10 July – 5 August 2023 Trick27 Studios via Toptal LLC (part time, remote)

Adding features to computer player logic in Python for an online football game. Also debugging, reliability fixes and improvements to assist in future testing. I was remotely collaborating with a team based in three countries.

2 Aug 2021 – 16 June 2023 Galehead Developments via Toptal LLC (part time, remote)

  • Full stack development by added features to the front-end UI and data filtering in an OpenLayers/React Typescript JS geospatial web app.
  • Handled additional back-end API features added to a Python Flask back-end server.
  • Made improvements to the Docker container configuration for easier deployment in development and production.
  • Managing software changes using git version control.

27 Jul 2018 – 29 May 2021 Qbrio Studio via Toptal LLC (part time, remote)

  • Developed a RESTful back-end API and a JavaScript/Ajax front end to enable users to browse audio samples based on selected filters.
  • Optimized web apps for cloud use in Google App Engine, Google Cloud SQL, and Docker.
  • Improved the performance of deep learning LSTM models for audio processing of music.
  • Administer and upgrade their ElasticSearch cluster and integrating a Kibana dashboard.

1 Aug 2019 – 14 August 2020 Neuroscape, UCSF via Toptal LLC (part time, remote)

Developed a web app based on Django/JavaScript to manage and monitor data collection tasks on Amazon Mechanical Turk via their developer API.

1 Jan – 3 Jun 2018 Oobee Doobee via Toptal LLC (part time, remote)

Implementing image processing and an order tracking website for custom book generation and printing featuring customer faces automatically merged into predefined book content.

22 March – 4 July 2017 SnapIT via Toptal LLC (part time, remote)

Evaluated and tested the potential structure from motion and SLAM algorithms for deployment on a handheld embedded device.

2015 – 2016 Software Engineer, Symetrica Security Ltd, Southampton, UK

Evaluating approaches for image processing of moving vehicles. Working in an international software team on embedded, ARM, custom UI in GTK3 for radiation detection and nuclide identification. Implementation used C++ and C#.

2014 – 2015 Applications Developer, Hallmarq Veterinary Image Ltd, Guildford, UK

Developing software for an improved MRI spectrometer based on ARM Zynq embedded C/C++/Forth, Windows, TCP/IP real time communication, ARM assembly/intrinsics and DSP filtering. Also, developing fee-per-scan invoice generation web application with python and MySQL.

2001 – 2007 Systems Engineer/Senior Technologist, BAE SYSTEMS, Rochester

I was responsible for designing, implementing, integrating and testing software in prototypes of embedded, real time avionics systems. These systems aimed to improve safety and efficiency of aircraft by applying new technology in data communications and displays. I performed:

  • requirements analysis of systems and software
  • software work package planning, provided time and cost estimates,
  • design of high level systems that combined software from other engineers, low level self contained software modules, as well as custom GUIs and displays,
  • debugging and testing of software,
  • liaising between my team and other project partners for system integration,
  • organising and conducting user evaluation interviews,
  • writing technical reports to document findings and
  • preparing and presented project reviews.

Education and Qualifications

2007 – 2013 Post-graduate Study, PhD Awarded, University of Surrey, Guildford

I conducted an investigation to find effective machine learning methods for automatic recognition of non-verbal communication. This involved:

  • creating and evaluating novel methods,
  • publishing the findings in five peer reviewed papers and a thesis,
    presenting results at conferences, workshops, at regular progress
  • meetings with project partners and the funding agency as part of the EPSRC LILiR project.

I also supervised undergraduate labs, which involved explaining tasks, programming techniques and assessing the students understanding of material.

1997 – 2001 – Physics (MPhys) 2:1 Awarded University of Kent at Canterbury

Activities and Interests

  • I’m a keen photographer and contribute to community mapping projects and wikipedia.
  • Volunteer scuba instructor from 2004 to 2008, including teaching theory and manual skills to students. I am also familiar with video and audio editing (CS3, Audacity).

References are available upon request.