martin

Experience

  1. Sep 2025 — Sep 2026Software Developer — Industrial PlacementThe Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust · Liverpool
    • Built and maintained Electronic Patient Record modules and clinical web apps in PHP, JavaScript/jQuery and SQL Server, in an Agile team of five.
    • Wrote and optimised SQL queries and stored procedures for patient-data workflows; delivered optimisations that cut developer workload by 20%.
    • Partnered with QA on test scripts, functional and regression testing; used Jira sprints, Git/Bitbucket pull requests and peer review.

    PHP · JavaScript · jQuery · SQL Server · Jira · Bitbucket

  2. Sep 2024 — May 2025Student Representative — Software EngineeringEdge Hill University · Ormskirk
    • Presented student feedback at programme meetings on curriculum, assessment, resources and support.
  3. May — Aug 2022Junior Web DeveloperSH Barcelona · Barcelona
    • Maintained the company website in PHP and JavaScript, queried business data and resolved help-desk incidents.

    PHP · JavaScript · DBeaver

  4. May — Jul 2020Software Engineer InternCAME Parkare · Barcelona
    • Helped develop, debug and test parking-system software, including licence-plate recognition and ticketless entry.

    Git · Jira · Agile

Projects

  • Quizlight

    Play closed test

    Android app that reads quiz questions on screen and suggests answers, hints and explanations, backed by my own Claude-powered server.

    Android · Python · FastAPI · Claude API

  • NHS patient-record forms

    NHS

    Dynamic clinical forms with conditional panels, mandatory fields, calculations and database-backed workflows.

    PHP · jQuery · SQL Server

  • Can AI write human poetry?

    Final-year project

    Open LLMs write AI versions of human poems, and a model learns to tell which is which.

    Python · Qwen · Gemma · Llama

  • HemoHero

    Family beta

    A care companion for children with sickle cell and their families.

    React Native · Expo · Supabase

  • GoodHands

    Live

    Full-stack web app with a relational database, deployed online.

    React · Next.js · MySQLLive site ↗

  • Bicing Barcelona

    Live

    Live Barcelona bike-station data: search by address, check bikes and free docks.

    React · Next.js · APIsLive site ↗

  • Humanizer

    Private

    Fine-tuned an open model to rewrite AI text in a human style; judged-human rate up from 39% to 71%.

    Python · QLoRA · Hugging Face

  • Java applications

    University

    Desktop apps, including a vending-machine system and a football-management app.

    Java · JavaFX

Skills

Languages & web

  • PHP 8 (used most)
  • JavaScript (used most)
  • Python (used most)
  • Java (used most)
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • jQuery
  • AJAX
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • Bootstrap

AI & LLMs

  • Claude API (used most)
  • Open LLMs (used most)
  • Llama
  • Qwen
  • Gemma
  • SmolLM
  • Prompting strategies
  • Claude Code
  • ML Kit OCR
  • Google Colab Pro

Data & back end

  • SQL Server (used most)
  • Stored procedures (used most)
  • FastAPI (used most)
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Oracle · PL/SQL
  • MongoDB
  • Express.js
  • Sequelize
  • PDO

Engineering practice

  • Agile / Scrum (used most)
  • Git (used most)
  • Jira (used most)
  • Bitbucket
  • Code review
  • Regression testing
  • Unit testing
  • UI Automator
  • UAT support

Tools & platforms

  • VS Code (used most)
  • Android Studio (used most)
  • Gradle
  • REST APIs
  • Fly.io
  • Jupyter
  • DBeaver
  • phpMyAdmin
  • Power BI
  • Windows / Linux

Filled-in chips are the ones I use most.

Education

  1. 2023 — 2027 (expected)

    BSc (Hons) Software Engineering — Placement Year

    Edge Hill University · OrmskirkFinal-year project on human vs AI-generated poetry.
  2. 2020 — 2022

    Higher National Certificate — Multiplatform Application Development

    Institut La Ferreria · Barcelona
  3. 2018 — 2020

    VET — Microcomputer Systems and Networks

    Institut La Ferreria · Barcelona

Certifications

  • Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 AI Certified Foundations Associate
  • Microsoft Office Specialist: Word Associate
  • Oracle Mentoring Programme

Now

  • Taking Quizlight from closed testing to Google Play production.
  • Finishing my final-year project on human vs AI-generated poetry, due May 2027.
  • Just finished a 12-month NHS placement at The Walton Centre.
  • Looking for a graduate software role from summer 2027.

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