Oliver Hodson
Customer Service Representative
Leigh, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolOliver Hodson is an IT Test Analyst and Customer Service professional with 11 years of experience bridging technical testing and customer-facing operations. He specialises in functional and API testing using Azure, SQL, Postman and Azure DevOps, and recently completed a Level 4 qualification in Software Testing. At Arrow XL he combines hands-on test design, defect lifecycle management and data validation with practical experience migrating legacy Oracle systems to Microsoft Azure. His open-source contributions show deeper system-level skills—from Android platform maintenance to optimizing Cloudflare’s JS/Wasm build processes—highlighting a knack for build systems, performance and tooling. Comfortable working across Agile and Waterfall teams, he pairs a keen eye for detail with a customer-first mindset honed from years managing webchat and sales roles. Based in Leigh, England, he brings both technical curiosity and practical delivery experience to improving software reliability and user experience.
11 years of coding experience
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Byrchall High SchoolCertificate Web Development, Certificate Web Development at Web developer Bootcamp by Colt SteeleLevel 4 Software Testing, Level 4 Software Testing at Firebrand Level 4 Software TesterLevel 3 Diploma in IT Information Technology, Level 3 Diploma in IT Information Technology at Wigan & Leigh CollegeLevel 3 Diploma in IT, Level 3 Diploma in IT at Wigan & Leigh College and University CentreLevel 3 Creative & Digital Media, Level 3 Creative & Digital Media at The Media College
English
Github Skills (31)
debugging10
debug10
gnu-make10
c-language10
v810
build-system10
android-build10
cloudflare-workers10
makefile10
android-development10
java10
javas10
android10
bazel10
build-automation10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
aosp-mirror/platform_dalvik
Feb 2017 - Aug 2022
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:423 commits in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Oliver primarily contributed to the `platform_dalvik` repository, focusing on updates related to signature polymorphic methods, new bytecode definitions, and changes to dex dumping tools. The contributions involved modifications to the bytecode parsing and generation, as well as updating the dexdump tool to support these new instructions, including changes to the C++ code. Their work was related to implementing features like "const-method-handle" and improving MethodHandle annotations.
cloudflare/workerd
Mar 2023 - Nov 2023
The JavaScript / Wasm runtime that powers Cloudflare Workers
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:290 reviews, 176 PRs, 309 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Oliver primarily focused on optimizing the build process and improving code efficiency. They compressed output files to reduce storage usage, especially crucial for GitHub Actions environments. The user updated V8 versions and addressed build issues arising from the integration of V8 patches and dependencies. Their contributions also include modifications to the build system itself, as well as the Windows setup, and debugging infrastructure.
cloudflarejavascriptpowersruntimeservice-worker
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