CV

Personal Statement

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

Skills

• TypeScript, React, CSS, JavaScript, HTML, Node, GraphQL, and Apollo.
• Website Performance Optimisation.
• Databases (Firebase and Postgres).
• Serverless functions with custom API routes.
• Gatsby, Next.js, Eleventy, and WordPress.
• Modular components with showcasing with and documentation with Storybook.
• Electron and Browser Extension development.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   October 2017– Present

   Venture Harbour · Wallingford, UK

   • Web app development with Next.js, GraphQL and Typescript.
   • Creation of component library with Storybook to showcase and document.
   • Break down problems into solutions and solutions into tasks, creating prototypes when required.
   • Desktop Application and Browser Extension development.
   • Optimise Performance of each of our sites and products and automate testing and CI for each deployment.

2. Full Stack Web Developer

   October 2016– October 2017

   Taylor & Francis · Didcot, UK

   • 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.

3. Front-end React Developer

   March 2016– August 2016

   Photocrowd · Oxford, UK

   • 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.

4. Front-end WordPress Developer

   2013– 2016

   Electic Studio · Didcot, UK

   • 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 telephone.

5. Creative UI Developer

   2010– 2013

   HeathWallace Ltd · Reading, UK

   • 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 extension that I have made:

• TrueNorth - a marketing web app using NextJS, Typescript, GraphQL, Apollo, Prisma, with a Material-UI based component library.
• MergeCoin a proof of concept Github based team productivity app that incentivizes and rewards PR code and reviews. Tailwind, NextJS, Github API.
• Serene App – Productivity Application for MacOS users using Electron, Firebase, and React. With companion Chrome Extension
• brokernotes.co – a WordPress-based Progressive Web App with custom features with React, the WordPress Rest API and WordPress.
• photocrowd.com – front-end development with React/Relay, Less, and webpack
• allistergodfrey.com – custom responsive WordPress site with many interactive features, galleries, and css transitions
• ojwmanagement.com – single page responsive WordPress site with flexbox, responsive images, and SVG
• blog.oup.com – responsive WordPress blog for Oxford University Press

Education

• MChem (hons) Chemistry – University of Manchester

Interests

• Mountain Biking
• Internet of Things