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Rachel Normand has over 12 years of work experience in the software engineering field. Rachel is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at KrakenFlex (Octopus Energy Group) since October 2023. Prior to this, Rachel worked at Octopus Hydrogen as a Principal Software Engineer from September 2021 to June 2023. Rachel'srole involved developing an Industrial IoT platform for hydrogen production, including full-stack development, infrastructure management, and team expansion.

Before that, Rachel worked at Administrate as a Software Engineer from January 2021 to September 2021. Rachel led a scrum team responsible for the company's Learning Management System (LMS) and utilized Python, NodeJS, React, and TypeScript for software development.

Rachel also has experience working at Tes, where they held the position of Principal Software Engineer from September 2019 to January 2021. Rachel'sresponsibilities included leading remote-first teams, mentoring individuals, designing scalable microservices, and collaborating with product owners. Rachel also worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Tes from February 2016 to September 2019, where they introduced online job application forms and an ATS for schools.

Early in their career, Rachel worked at ThoughtWorks as a Software Development Consultant from March 2014 to January 2016. Rachel was involved in software development projects using Java, React, Clojure, Kubernetes, and Docker. Rachel also worked at BSkyB as an Agile Software Developer from July 2011 to March 2014 and completed a two-year graduate scheme at Sky, where they gained experience in various technology departments, including software development and test analysis.

Rachel Normand received a Bachelor's Degree in History from the University of York. In addition, they obtained a certification in Functional Programming Principles in Scala from Coursera in November 2012.