Starboard Maritime Intelligence
Go, PostgreSQL, Javascript (React, Redux, Leaflet, IndexedDB), Redis, GraphQL, Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes, CSS
Backend
- Designed and implemented backend APIs for many critical features, key to the company winning a lucrative government contract worth millions of dollars.
- Provided guidance to other team members, particularly around graphQL API implementations and database design leading to quicker delivery, significant performance gains and greater scalability.
Frontend
- Wrote much of the frontend for Starboard enabling the product to grow from no customers to hundreds of organizations and thousands of users.
- Created many coding patterns used by the whole frontend team, providing guidance and education.
- Took over the running of the frontend team meetings.
Merge Freeze
Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, Github and Slack integrations, Heroku, Javascript, CSS
- Built Github and Slack integrations and web app backed by PostgreSQL and Redis.
- Launched and scaled to thousands of software developers and hundreds of organizations including many well known companies.
- Experimented with AWS Lamda and Serverless Framework to handle any number of Merge Freezing at the same time.
- Held customer interviews, responded to support requests, obtained regulatory certifications.
- Sold to a US based equity fund in 2022.
Optimal Workshop
Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Redis, AWS, Javascript (React, Redux, RxJS), CSS
Backend
- Architected and implemented the backend of new features, including a newer, faster, more useful version of the platform’s note taking tool.
- Refactored the flagship product used by millions of respondents to use a background queue, greatly reducing web server load and response time.
- Provided guidance to engineers when planning projects leading to high quality delivery and more confident team members.
Frontend
- Introduced React to the dev team and held tutorial workshops, enabling a superior user experience and is now the primary frontend technology used in the product.
- Founded and ran the frontend working group, discussing frontend coding standards and architecture.
- Lead the frontend development of the second version of the platform’s note taking tool, released to much fanfare.
General
- Introduced an adapted version of the “Shape up” method of working as an alternative to agile. This excited the whole team and led to a noticeable increase in delivery cadence.
- Was part of a three person leadership team for the engineering team, primarily responsible for team processes.
- Mentored two members of the engineering team through the company’s mentor programme.
Hootsuite
Scala, Microservices, MongoDB
- Designed and implemented backend services in microservices architecture for a large scale app sending thousands of social media messages per second.
- Provided guidance to junior team members.
Hootsuite Campaigns
PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Python, Redis, Javascript, React, CSS
Backend
- Led projects for PHP Laravel based app, coaching other team members on best practices.
- Maintained Python based microservice for interacting with social network APIs.
- Provided guidance on writing unit tests and set up a structure for writing unit and integration tests.
Frontend
- Led frontend direction for whole team, delivering new free and pro product offerings.
- Introduced React into the frontend toolset.
Pound & Grain
PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Javascript, CSS
- Built a PHP Laravel based web application, delivering on time and under budget.
- Produced coding standards for the engineering team.