Umma Gohil

Job:

Senior Software Engineer

Company:

Deloitte Digital UK

My main focus over the last few years has been in front-end development, with a speciality in the React framework. Currently I work within consulting and am exposed to a large variety of different clients within the public sector, doing meaningful and impactful work with positive outcomes.

I am...
authentic
collaborative
creative
The skills I use most in my job...

react

next.js

css

html

typescript

The most interesting thing I've worked on in my career so far...

Whilst at Sky I worked on internal dashboards for the Monitoring Solutions team. I moved onto the BMJ during the pandemic, which lead me to developing software for medical partitioners. I feel into consulting and have been working within the public sector ever since.

What inspired me into digital and tech...

I was very lucky, from a young age I was given a space to explore the Internet and tech, and harness my skills within HTML and CSS. I started looking up page sources on websites to reverse engineer them very early on and this lead me to learning HTML/CSS.

My educational background is...

I was a hobbyist web dev during my teens; my dad bought me my first domain at 13. I went on to study Computer Science at QMUL. After graduating I was slightly confused as to which path I wanted to take with the tech space, so I did a short course with Udacity which was funded by Google on Web Development.

What advice I'd give to girls thinking about a career in digital and tech...

There is a plethora of information out there, use it to your advantage. Don't be scared about reaching out to others you find inspiring with the industry, particularly women - we've all been there and know how daunting it can be. Above all, be curious and willing to always persevere.

Job type tags:

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