George Charalambous

Data Engineer & Software Consultant

Associate Consultant, Data Engineering at Version 1. Currently placed on the NatWest account.

I'm a data engineer and full-stack developer based in Birmingham. I'm currently an Associate Consultant at Version 1, building Snowflake pipelines and stakeholder dashboards on the NatWest account. My background spans SQL and Snowflake through to Python, C#, and modern web frameworks, with a growing focus on applying AI and LLM tooling — Claude, MCP, agent workflows — to real engineering problems.

Alongside that, I run freelance web projects for small businesses and build my own software on the side. That range comes from a Computing degree covering networking, security, and software development, and from a year of intensive consultant training at Version 1's Birmingham Academy — capped with a Snowflake SnowPro Core certification and more than ten professional certifications in under a year.

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Experience

Nov 2025 – Present

Associate Consultant, Data Engineering

Version 1 — Birmingham, UK (Hybrid) · Currently placed on the NatWest account

  • Build and maintain stakeholder dashboards surfacing usage and performance metrics from NatWest's mobile banking app.
  • Develop and maintain Snowflake stored procedures, views, and SQL pipelines that define, extract, and validate metrics.
  • Refactor legacy Snowflake procedures and queries for efficiency, readability, and maintainability, reducing run-time and compute cost.
  • Deliver within an Agile team using Git-based version control, code review, and tested Python and C# code.

Nov 2025 – Feb 2026

Version 1 Birmingham Academy

Version 1

  • Intensive consultant training: Python & PyTest, SQL/SQLite, Linux & Bash, Agile delivery, Java & Spring Boot, design thinking, and AI-native development.
  • Capstone: co-built EcoByte, a carbon-emissions calculator, with a team of five.
  • Also built a Python/SQLite search tool with full CRUD, a JavaScript blog application, and a rapid game prototype in Cursor.

Feb 2025 – Present

Freelance Web Consultant

Independent project for a UK wealth management firm — Remote

  • Leading design and development of a responsive company website using WordPress, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including secure form integration.
  • Capturing user needs, business objectives, and regulatory requirements directly from stakeholders.
  • Prioritising accessibility, performance, and security in line with modern web standards.

Nov 2024

Cybersecurity virtual job simulations

Forage — Mastercard, AIG Shields Up, Datacom

  • Threat identification, vulnerability research and remediation guidance, Python scripting, incident reporting, and risk assessment.

Aug 2022 – Oct 2025

Retail Assistant (part-time)

Iceland Foods

  • Customer service, POS and digital inventory systems, and training new team members — balanced alongside full-time computing studies.

Education

BSc (Hons) Computing — 2:1

Birmingham City University

2023 – 2024

HND Computing — Distinction

Halesowen College

2022 – 2023

HNC Computing — Merit

Halesowen College

2021 – 2022

BTEC Level 3 Technical Foundation Diploma in IT — D*D*D*

Halesowen College

2019 – 2021

Projects

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Tacit Investment Management

Freelance · Feb 2025 – Present

Company website for a Birmingham private-client wealth management firm.

Leading design and development of a responsive company website end to end — capturing stakeholder needs and regulatory requirements, and translating them into a client-facing site with secure form handling, built with WordPress, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

  • WordPress
  • JavaScript
  • HTML/CSS
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Chloe's Pet Care

Freelance · 2026

Ground-up rebuild of a local pet-care business's website.

Replaced a slow WordPress/Elementor site with a fast Next.js build for a Birmingham dog-walking and pet-sitting business — services, pricing, gallery, and a booking enquiry form wired straight to the owner's inbox.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Framer Motion
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Snookered

Personal project · 2026

Snooker scoring, practice, and coaching app, pre-launch on iOS.

A React Native app for live match scoring, practice routines with progress tracking, and club/league features, plus an AI coach that reviews uploaded shot footage for technique feedback. Currently taking sign-ups ahead of its App Store release.

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • TypeScript
  • Supabase
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EcoByte

EcoByte

Team capstone · Version 1 Academy, 2026

Carbon-emissions calculator built with a team of five.

A capstone project during Version 1's Birmingham Academy: a carbon-emissions calculator that integrates a local LLM (Ollama) to generate personalised emission-reduction suggestions, with scalability and security treated as first-class requirements from the start.

  • Svelte
  • Spring Boot
  • PostgreSQL
  • Ollama
  • Better Auth
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Certifications

  • SnowPro Core Certification — Snowflake
    Apr 2026
  • Certified SQL Developer, Professional — W3Schools
    Dec 2025
  • Green Software Practitioner — Green Software Foundation
    Dec 2025
  • Claude Code in Action · Building with the Claude API · Intro to MCP · Intro to Agent Skills — Anthropic
    Mar 2026
  • Intro to Snowflake for Devs, Data Scientists & Data Engineers — Snowflake
    Feb 2026
  • Deploy and Adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot + Agents — Proficient — Microsoft
    2025

Skills

Data & cloud

Snowflake · SQL · PostgreSQL · SQLite · ETL/ELT pipelines · Dashboards & BI

Languages & frameworks

Python · C# · Java · TypeScript/JavaScript · Spring Boot · Next.js · React · Svelte · Tailwind CSS

AI & LLM tooling

Claude API · Claude Code · Model Context Protocol · Ollama (local LLM) · Cursor · Microsoft 365 Copilot

Security & networking

Network design (Cisco Packet Tracer) · Network security · Secure coding · Threat & vulnerability management · Risk assessment

Delivery practices

Agile/Scrum · Git/GitHub · PyTest · Code review · DevOps · Design thinking

Contact

Open to freelance web and data projects, and always glad to talk through an idea. The fastest way to reach me is email — g_charalambous@icloud.com — or use the form below.