Samuel Wiseman
Backend-leaning full stack engineer at Holiday Extras, based in Kent.
Projects
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Spendly
I built this to track what I spend, so each purchase is a conscious decision rather than tap and forget. Fast-forward to now where I use it almost every day to check how my spending stacks up against what I'm investing.
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Cavemen Golfers
Built for my mates and me on our yearly golf trip abroad, so we could follow each other's scores live as the round went on. It kept the competition going, with a few drinks riding on the result. Now open to any group.
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Recipe Generator
Fine-tuned Google T5 model that generates recipes from a set of ingredients, with GPT-3 post-processing to refine the outputs.
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samuelwiseman.com
This site. Plain HTML and CSS, served by nginx.
Experience
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Software Engineer 2 Holiday Extras
Promoted to mid-level after a successful 18-month return.
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Software Engineer 1 Holiday Extras
Backend microservices in Node.js and TypeScript supporting third-party API integrations.
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IP Software Engineer Holiday Extras
Year-long industrial placement. My first production code.
Education
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MSc Computer Science University of Bath
Studying part-time alongside work.
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BSc Computer Science University of Kent
First Class Honours. Awarded the £1,000 Kent Scholarship for Academic Excellence.
