# Daniel Thompson > Full Stack Engineer at Zoopla Location: London, England, United Kingdom Profile: https://flows.cv/danielthompson Full-Stack Software Engineer with 5+ years building scalable SaaS platforms and user-focused solutions across Web3, urban planning, and real estate. Expert in TypeScript, React, Node.js, with a proven track record of driving product ownership, cross-team collaboration, and measurable business impact. ## Work Experience ### Full Stack Engineer @ Zoopla (part of Houseful) Jan 2024 – Present | London Area, United Kingdom ### Software Engineer @ VU.CITY Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | London, England, United Kingdom - Collaborated with a cross-functional team, as the deputy lead role, in the development of a smart city planning platform, VU.CITY, aimed at transforming urban planning and decision-making processes. - Played a key role in building and enhancing a 3D visualization platform that allows architects, planners, developers, and local authorities to interactively view designs and planning data in the context of real urban environments. - Utilized React and Node.js to develop features that enable users to visualize, organize, and analyze complex urban data, facilitating quicker and more informed decision-making - Contributed to projects involving 2D/3D web maps for UK councils, making them accessible for public consumption. - Experimented with high-fidelity, accurate 3D visualization within web browsers. ### Software Engineer @ Metropolis (prev Orca) Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | London, England, United Kingdom • Created a platform that acts as the organizational source of truth for DAOs, with the pod primitive (a lightweight wrapper around a Safe) the foundation. • Created documentation and enforced standards around code testing, cleanliness and reusability. • Took ownership of our (React) web application, coordinated with design and (Solidity) backend teams to create a seamless Web3 experience. • Built out the Metropolis SDK (Software Development Kit), enabling other developers to utilize Metropolis smart contract functionality. • Built out the Metropolis NFT service, an API that was used for storing Metropolis NFT images. • Created interfaces that both delight the user and are functional, making complex functionality more accessible. • Awarded finalist status at ETHGlobal Market Make Hackathon (134 teams participated): https://showcase.ethglobal.com/marketmake/orca-protocol Tech stack: JavaScript (ES6), React, NextJS, ethers, Solidity, Hardhat, Node.js, Express.js ### Senior Software Engineer @ Virtusa Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | London, England, United Kingdom • Implemented the Confirmation of Payee architecture for Virgin Money in an effort to combat fraud and comply with Open Banking regulations. • Led a team of web developers to implement Secondary Reference Data API architecture that also allowed Virgin Money to comply with Open Baking regulations. • Reduced technical debt in Virgin Money web applications by 50% in an effort to modernize their systems and allow for scalability. • Developed greenfield frameworks for implementing Open Banking functionality, leading the bank’s effort to revolutionize its tech stack. • Tech Stack: JavaScript (ES6), React, Node.js, AWS, Redux, CSS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB ### Software Engineer @ AMPP Group Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | United States Architected modular B2B Marketplaces that change the way businesses connect in emerging markets. • Developed a collection of reusable, greenfield frameworks using innovative front-end technologies. • Architected tailor-made product and user search functionality, as well as a custom-built messaging application, aimed at optimizing the impact of the connections fostered within our platforms. • Created extensive technical documentation and introduced code testing in order to ensure reliability. • New features and improved application performance led to an increase in users and the highest grossing quarter in AMPP’s history, with a quarterly revenue of £250,000. • Tech stack: JavaScript (ES6), React, Redux, Node.js, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Webpack, ElasticSearch, CSS ### Research Analyst @ QA Media Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | London, United Kingdom Utilized my communication skills to carry out telephone interviews with financial services professionals to obtain feedback on their use of software service providers. This information went to the QA Vector 500, a tracking database of consultants and vendors of QA (Quality Assurance) services. Member of QA Media’s Marketing team, where I conducted research and generated leads by utilising platforms such as LinkedIn. Worked with the Marketing Director to promote QA Media’s conferences and webinars, helping create brand awareness across multiple verticals ranging from Banking to E-Commerce. Gained greater insight into the technological side of the financial services and banking industry. ### Project Coordinator @ Chatteris Educational Foundation (Hong Kong) Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Hong Kong Designed and delivered the Chatteris English Development Programme for schools to help underprivileged students improve their English. Collaborated with local teachers, giving lessons to classes of 20-30 students. This experience allowed me to gain greater insight into education, learning the importance of organizational and time management skills and was able to refine my communication skills. ## Education ### Master of Arts (MA) in Translation Studies UCL ### Certificate of Completion in Software Engineering Immersive General Assembly ### Bachelor’s Degree in Comparative Literature Binghamton University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danielthompson311 - Website: https://www.danielalexanderthompson.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/danielthompson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danielthompson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05