Summary
Daniel Hirst is a PHP eCommerce Developer with 11 years' experience building and maintaining web and database-driven systems, primarily within the hospital and healthcare sector. He combines strong PHP and WordPress skills with practical database, Java and systems-installation experience, honed through long-term work at Countrywide Healthcare and prior roles supporting 6,000+ clients at HS Direct. A pragmatic engineer with a BTEC HND in Software Development (notably high-achieving in his cohort), he has a track record of improving operational systems, from bespoke eCommerce platforms to management information systems developed in voluntary roles. Comfortable across hands-on technical support, deployment and integration tasks, he bridges user-facing sites and backend data workflows. Colleagues would describe him as reliable, detail-focused and accustomed to translating clinical and business needs into stable, maintainable software.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC Higher National Diploma, Computing (Software Development), 14 Distinctions,2 Merits - 16 Modules, BTEC Higher National Diploma, Computing (Software Development), 14 Distinctions,2 Merits - 16 Modules at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology
GCSE, Maths, Drama, Science, Design & Technology (Product Design), English, Applied ICT, Religious Studies, GCSE, Maths, Drama, Science, Design & Technology (Product Design), English, Applied ICT, Religious Studies at Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
BTEC National Diploma, IT-Practitioners, Distinction, Distinction, Merit, BTEC National Diploma, IT-Practitioners, Distinction, Distinction, Merit at Barnsley College