About Me

Hi, I'm Joe!

I'm a hardworking, confident and motivated 20 year old Computer Science student studying at Lancaster University, hoping to become a full-stack software engineer after graduating in 2027.

I love programming! In my spare time I'm always working on creative projects and games. I'm excited to put this passion to use, and contribute to a meaningful, impactful project with a team of people like myself in the future.

I'm confident in Java, Python and C++, and have made a number of projects in my own time to improve, as you can see below. My personal favourite is the FPL Simulator, as I challenged myself to use all 3 languages and I'm very happy with the result.

Projects

2026

CRUB- Godot

Video game recreation (and expansion) of a 'push your luck' card game I invented.

RINGMIND- Java

Planetary ring simulation managed by Bron Szerszynski

2025

FPL Simulator- Java, C++, Python

A project made to let you simulate past Premier League seasons while managing your own Fantasy team.

Portfolio Website- HTML & CSS

What you're looking at right now!

Paws and Progress- Godot

A productivity app about walking different animals through relaxing scenery while you work.

Chess- Java

Standard vanilla computer science project. It's chess.

Cache Noisettes- Java

French puzzle game about squirrels and nuts. Made for Easter project at University.

2024

Poker- C#

Single player Texas Hold' em Poker for my A Level Computer Science NEA.

2023

AI vs Family- Godot

A fun minigame created in 2 days for the 2023 Wowie Game Jam. Ranked top #100 out of 1000 submissions.

VAFS- Godot

Very Accurate Football Simulator- a (slightly dodgy) top down football simulator.

Experience

Software Engineer (Summer Internship) - BAE Systems

From June- September 2026 I worked for BAE Systems as a Software Engineer on the ILAS team, where I gained invaluable experience working in a large codebase with languages I was not immediately familiar with- as well as sprint planning, code reviews and end-of-sprint demos to the team. It was a super experience and I could definitely see myself working in a similar environment in the future.

Micro Internship - RINGMIND

I worked from December 2025- January 2026 fixing bugs and adding functionality to RINGMIND: a planetary ring simulator managed by Bron Szerszynski who over the last few years has employed multiple students from Lancaster University. It was an honour to work on it and has given me invaluable experience working with and understanding other people's code.

Telephone Fundraiser - Lancaster University

Between February and March 2025, I worked as a telephone fundraiser in Lancaster University's annual telethon in a team that raised over £160,000 for Lancaster Univesity's Opportunity Fund, (£60,000 over the original goal) helping to support students from lower income backgrounds attend higher education.

Crew Member - KFC

I gained experience in the world of work through employment at KFC in the Malls Shopping Center, Basingstoke between October 2022- September 2025, where I learnt how to present myself in a positive and professional manner when interacting with customers and colleagues.

Contact

Email me!

joe_a_r at icloud dot com