CV

Personal Statement

I am a full-stack software engineer with 11+ years experience creating highly performant and usable products, websites, desktop applications, and browser extensions.

Skills

• TypeScript, React, and Node
• All the variations of CSS (scss / CSS / CSS-in-JS / CSS Modules)
• GraphQL, Apollo, and Databases (Firebase and Postgres)
• Serverless functions with custom API routes
• Electron and Browser Extension development
• Gatsby, Next.js, Eleventy, and CMS including WordPress
• Engineering modular components and showcasing with Storybook to document and test

Experience

Venture Harbour – Software Engineer – 10.2017 – Present

• Web app development with Next.js, GraphQL and Typescript.
• Crafting beautiful, usable components, pages, and sites from designs in Figma.
• Peer review and test colleagues code
• Break down problems into solutions and solutions into tasks, estimating time and sharing with the team
• Research solutions and create custom demos before moving into code
• Desktop Application and Browser Extension development with React, nodejs, web-sockets, and Firebase.
• I have created multiple PWA using custom WordPress code and Workbox.
• Optimise Performance of each of our sites and products and automate testing and CI for each - deployment.
• Internal conference presentations to colleagues.

Taylor & Francis – Web Developer – 10.2016 – 09.2017

• I created custom performant WordPress and Expression Engine sites
• I hand-crafted a node tool to benchmark and monitor Business Sites using the Web Page Test API and display with React
• Perform performance audits and carry out improvements on business and society sites

Photocrowd – Front-end Developer – 03.2016 – 08.2016

• Creating new components and pages using React/Relay and Less from Photoshop designs
• Implementing Webpack into the development process to allow for code modularity, linting, and writing future JS (ES2015) code with Babel
• Applying BEM code methodology for new CSS components

Electric Studio – Front-end WordPress Developer – 01.2013 – 02.2016

• I created highly customised WordPress sites from Photoshop designs, with custom post-types, taxonomies, meta boxes, shortcodes and functions.
• The sites were performant, using best practices and technologies, built within budget and in timeframes.
• Pre-launch client training, dealing with any client feedback via Basecamp or telephon

HeathWallace Ltd – Creative developer – 08.2010 – 01.2013

• I built highly accessible websites for clients including HSBC, RBS and Grant Thornton
• Using CMSs such as WordPress, CQ5 and Sitecore to allow the client to control all content on their site
• Knowledge Sharing through weekly masterclass sessions (I ran three : WordPress; CSS3; and Sass)

Relevant Experience

Here are a selection of the sites, app and browser extensions that I have made:

• TrueNorth - marketing web app (currently in beta) using Nextjs, Typescript, GraphQL, Apollo and Prisma.
• Serene App – Productivity Application for MacOS users using Electron, Firebase, React and nodejs. and companion Browser Extensions
• Serene Chrome Extension using React, socket.io, Firebase and WebExtensions API.
• brokernotes.co – turn into Progressive Web App (PWA) and add new features with React, the WordPress Rest API and WordPress.
• ventureharbour.com – turn into Progressive Web App (PWA) and add new features.
• photocrowd.com – front-end development with React/Relay, Less, and webpack
• github.com/bigandy – my GitHub account
• andrewhudson.dev – This site - powered currently by Eleventy using data exported from my old WordPress site. PostCSS for the CSS.
• Codepen: personal and work

Education

• Masters CIW Web Designer
• MChem (hons) Chemistry – University of Manchester

Interests

• Running
• Cycling
• Photography
• Coffee