Harrison Spink
Bristol
Summary
Experienced Senior Software Developer with over 11 years of professional experience building Laravel-based applications across healthcare, automotive, hosting, and publishing sectors. Skilled in backend development, API integrations, infrastructure, and DevOps, with a strong track record of delivering scalable and high-traffic platforms.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Engineering
Uralensis Innov8
01.2023 - Current
- Maintained and extended a Laravel-based pathology LIMS used by NHS and private labs.
- Integrated third-party AI tools for digital pathology slide analysis.
- Developed HL7-compatible socket server to transform messages to JSON.
- Created monitoring tools for the Mirth engine's status and service uptime.
- Worked with Docker, Azure, Vue, Inertia, Angular, jQuery, and HL7.
- Implementing a socket server in PHP to receive HL7 messages, transform them, and send the resulting JSON to a REST endpoint.
- Crafting intricate import scripts to manage the ingestion of large volumes of records from existing LIMS platforms
- Building their Digital Pathology slide viewer using Open Slide technology
Lead Developer
iCashCars Ltd
01.2018 - 01.2023
- Built a Laravel CRM platform with integrations to AutoTrader, Cap HPI, Algolia, and others.
- Created Rob, an AI-driven WhatsApp and SMS bot integrated with company databases.
- Developed vehicle inspection tools, integrated Open Banking payments.
- Led development of a car auction app (iOS & Android) using Ionic and Angular.
- Introduced performance monitoring and staff analytics tools.
- Contributed to scaling the business from £500k to £7m in annual revenue.
Senior Software Developer
Oregon Technology Ltd
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Built a sentiment analysis platform analyzing 90 million+ social media posts.
- Managed infrastructure with Docker, Redis, Elasticsearch, and AWS.
- Developed dashboards for users and brands to track online engagement.
- Delivered all tooling using Laravel.
Software Developer
ClickACall
01.2017 - 06.2017
- During a brief six-month contract with Click a Call, I assisted in upgrading their underperforming software stack to modern standards.
- Created a web socket server in Node.js to manage call routing, voicemail, and user device status.
- Developed a browser chat widget with real-time RTC, video, audio, and text chat capabilities.
- Revamped the front end of their dashboard using Vue.js.
- Dockerized all environments for scalable deployments, and implemented zero-downtime deployments.
- Successfully launched the product to 3,000 users, utilising application auto-scaling on Linode.
Senior Software Developer
Journal of Chinese Medicine
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Developed their continued professional development and education platform using Laravel, with a custom high-performing JavaScript framework.
- Features included a digital copy of their book, searching, video playback, online tests, etc.
- Created the same functionality as a mobile app, initially with Titanium, and later with Ionic.
- Authentication using JWT tokens and web sockets for synchronization between platforms.
- Developed a billing dashboard to synchronize users and their billing data, track in-app purchases, and manage renewals.
- Created advanced features such as encrypted offline download, multilingual translations, and NFC feature sharing.
Senior Software Developer
Hosting Dept
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Developed a hosting automation platform to manage account registration, billing, service creation & termination, monitoring and customer support
- Built a layer to abstract cPanel and Plesk into a single dashboard, allowing standardized controls regardless of the underlying server software.
- Created software and schedulers to create and destroy OpenVZ, XEN, and KVM virtual machines.
- Automatic rebalancing of virtual machines across the fewest number of host nodes and developed algorithms to identify heavy users to ensure CPU and memory allocations that are oversold never slow down the host node
Previous Roles
Various
Bristol
- Commcam Ltd: Built PHP and JS automotive platforms, and internal tools.
- Sift Groups: Developed custom Drupal plugins.
- Debenhams PLC provided remote helpdesk and POS deployment support.
- Bray Leino: Built corporate websites in C# and JavaScript.
Education
BTEC - Applied information
SOMERSET COLLEGE OF ARTS & TECHNHOLOGY
Taunton, United Kingdom01.2007
Skills
- PHP software development
- Laravel
- Inertia and Livewire
- MySQL, Postgres, Redis, and Elasticsearch
- Linux
- JavaScript, jQuery, Vue, and React
- Problem Solving and Code Reviews
- DNS, Linux and Virtualisation
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Remote working
- Digital pathology solutions
Websites
Languages
- English, Fluent
- Spanish, Learning
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Head of Engineering
Uralensis Innov8
01.2023 - Current
Lead Developer
iCashCars Ltd
01.2018 - 01.2023
Software Developer
ClickACall
01.2017 - 06.2017
Senior Software Developer
Oregon Technology Ltd
01.2016 - 01.2018
Senior Software Developer
Journal of Chinese Medicine
01.2014 - 01.2016
Senior Software Developer
Hosting Dept
01.2012 - 01.2014
Previous Roles
Various
BTEC - Applied information
SOMERSET COLLEGE OF ARTS & TECHNHOLOGY
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