Tayyaba Mazhar

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

Software Engineering

Full-stack developer with commercial experience building and maintaining web applications across WordPress, WooCommerce, and .NET-based systems. I enjoy developing robust backend systems, building user-focused interfaces, and improving the performance and reliability of production web platforms. I also build independent projects to continue strengthening my engineering skills.

Skills

Beginner:

• Design - UI/UX
• Engineering - API Development
• Engineering - Full Stack
• Engineering - Python
• Engineering - QA/Testing
• Marketing - Content / SEO
• Tools - Git / GitHub
• Tools AI - ChatGPT

Intermediate:

• Design - Accessibility
• Engineering - C#
• Engineering - Documentation
• Engineering - JavaScript
• Engineering - React
• Engineering - TypeScript
• Tools - Jira
• Engineering - WordPress

About Me

Career Path and Aspirations

I have worked across full-stack development roles in both enterprise and web-focused environments, contributing to production systems using .NET, React, and WordPress. My experience includes building backend features, developing web interfaces, and supporting production websites in fast-paced teams.

Alongside commercial roles, I have continued building independent software projects, including full-stack applications and WordPress plugins, focusing on improving my system design, frontend engineering, and backend development skills.

My career path is focused on full-stack engineering roles where I can work across backend and frontend systems, contribute to real products, and continue developing scalable, user-focused web applications within collaborative teams.

Ideal Volunteer Opportunity

My ideal volunteer opportunity would involve contributing to real-world web applications as a full-stack developer, working across both frontend and backend tasks within a collaborative team.

I am particularly interested in building features, improving existing systems, and supporting the development of scalable web platforms. Opportunities involving API development, UI improvements, and working with technologies such as JavaScript, React, and backend frameworks would align well with my experience and goals.

I am also interested in contributing to projects that have a clear purpose and allow me to work closely with others in a product-focused environment.

Education

Manchester Metropolitan University

Degree: BSc (Hons) Computer Science
Period: 2018 Nov - 2021 Sep

During my BSc, I developed a strong foundation in core areas including Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Data Structures, Programming Languages, Computer Networks, and Mobile Application Development. I graduated with First Class Honours.

A key part of my learning came from my final-year dissertation, focused on automated image texture classification of archaeological pottery samples. I designed and implemented an end-to-end machine learning pipeline, gaining hands-on experience working with real image datasets and improving model performance.

Experience

.NET Developer

Company: takepayments Limited
Period: 2022 Oct - 2023 Aug
Tech: C#, ASP.NET Core, React, TypeScript, SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Umbraco

• Built and maintained production systems supporting 75,000+ UK merchants across onboarding workflows, operational tooling, and customer-facing platforms.
• Engineered full-stack features across ASP.NET Core and React applications used by sales teams, external partners, and merchants.

Service Desk Assistant

Company: takepayments Limited
Period: 2021 Oct - 2022 Oct

• Responsible for 800+ production websites, including ecommerce and brochure sites.
• Developed and maintained bespoke WordPress plugins and themes across 800+ websites.
• Delivered production support across live ecommerce websites, resolving 400+ technical issues.

Research Assistant

Company: Manchester Metropolitan University
Period: 2021 May - 2021 Jul
Tech: NLP, Machine Learning datasets

• Built and annotated structured NLP datasets for credibility classification, supporting dataset preparation and evaluation.