SOFTWARE ENGINEER · CS UNDERGRAD · UK

JamieJames (Jamie) Mottashed

Building full-stack software, end-to-end.

Computer Science undergraduate at Birmingham, Software Engineering Undergraduate of the Year 2026, and former Skyscanner intern.

01About

A bit about me

James (Jamie) Mottashed holding his TargetJobs Undergraduate of the Year 2026 award

I'm a Computer Science undergraduate at the University of Birmingham, predicted a First with an 84% average, including 98% in Mathematical & Logical Foundations, 100% in Functional Programming, and 94% in Object-Oriented Programming. In 2026 I was named the TargetJobs UK Software Engineering Undergraduate of the Year.

I build full-stack and AI-integrated software, and I care about systems that are correct and well-tested, but most importantly, genuinely useful. Away from the keyboard I'm a U18 Rugby National Cup winner, a former 1st XV rugby captain, and a BUCS American Football student athlete. I supported 400+ students as a Data Structures & Algorithms teaching associate and spent summer 2026 as a software engineering intern at Skyscanner.

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02Experience

Where I've worked

2026.06 — 2026.09London

Software Engineer Intern

Skyscanner

Implemented an approximate-pricing experiment across a search space of hundreds of trillions of combinations, increasing weighted coverage by around 1%. Also contributed to an indicative-pricing team’s Java/Spark pipeline, deployed to Kubernetes and serving over 15,000 requests a second of live client pricing.

JavaSparkKubernetes
2026.01 — 2026.04Birmingham

Undergraduate Teaching Associate

University of Birmingham · Data Structures & Algorithms

Supported a cohort of 400+ students, explaining data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving techniques across lab sessions and online channels, reinforcing both theory and practical application.

TeachingAlgorithms
2025.08 — 2026.06Remote

Software Developer & AI Trainer

DataAnnotation

Labelled data for RLHF on coding models, debugging complex agent interactions of 100+ turns and validating tool-use logic, alongside wider annotation and validation of machine-learning training data with cross-functional teams.

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2025.07 — 2025.09Surrey

Coach & Co-Lead

Code Kids Robotics Ltd.

Promoted to Co-Lead within the first week. Delivered coding and robotics sessions to classes of 8–15 students aged 6–13, and led extension sessions that took advanced students beyond the standard syllabus.

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2025.06 — 2026.05University of Birmingham

Inclusion Officer

American Football Society

Redesigned the club’s peer-mentorship "family" system into larger groups, building resilience against mid-season mentor attrition and directly addressing a support gap I experienced as a first-year player.

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03Selected work · constellation chart

Featured projects

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Meridian

A personal AI clarity assistant, built solo and in active development. A Next.js front end and FastAPI backend drive a Claude tool-use loop with background scheduling, backed by SQLite and ChromaDB. A controlled A/B evaluation against the live API cut response length by over 50% with no loss in quality, and restructuring the system prompt for prompt caching lowered cost and latency. Deployed behind Cloudflare Access with CI/CD and daily security scans.

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Meridian's Today view, a notebook-style page with a card reading: You named deep work your priority this month. Your calendar doesn't reflect that. Below it, today at a glance shows habit streaks and upcoming events.
04Stack

Tools of the trade

Languages
TypeScriptJavaPythonCSQL
Frontend
ReactAngularVite
Backend & APIs
Spring BootFastAPICloudflare WorkersDurable ObjectsREST
AI & ML
Claude APIWorkers AIRLHFLLM tool-use
Mobile
ExpoReact Native
Data
PostgreSQLSQLiteChromaDBSupabase
Tooling & infra
DockerKubernetesGitHub ActionsGitCI/CD
Foundations
Data Structures & AlgorithmsOOPConcurrency
05Commendations

Honours & awards

UK Software Engineering Undergraduate of the Year2026

TargetJobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards, named from a highly competitive national pool.

UK Excellence Scholarship in Computer Science

University of Birmingham, recognising outstanding academic performance and potential.

Engineering & Science Leadership Academy

Selected, University of Birmingham.

Birmingham Award with Distinction

A proactive, self-driven commitment to developing the attributes of an effective leader.

Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Long-term commitment, planning, teamwork, and perseverance.

University of Birmingham Sports Executive Committee

Elected as one of eight students representing the student voice across all university sport.

U18 Rugby National Cup Winner2024

Starting player in Dorking Rugby Colts' victory, after recovering from serious injury.

Birmingham Lions' Special Teams MVP2026

University of Birmingham American Football.

1st XV Rugby Captain & Senior Prefect

Reigate Grammar School: mentoring junior students and leading a high-achieving team.

06Open channel

Let's work together

Always happy to talk software, internships, and interesting problems. The fastest way to reach me is email. I usually reply within a day.