I am a full-stack web-developer aspiring to write clean, lean, and modular code. I am currently based in Barcelona, Spain.
ThoughtWorks Spain - Consultant Developer, (May '19 - April '23)
- ThoughtWorks is a global technology consultancy renowned as an early adopter of processes and practices now considered industry standard. For the last year I was leading a team of 6 developers working for a large ecommerce client in the digital advertising space.
Workshare - Full Stack Developer, (June '18 - May'19)
- Workshare is a tool for managing the lifecycle of a legal transaction. I worked across a microservices architecture, with React on the frontend.
OneMaths - Full Stack Developer, (January '18 - April '18)
- OneMaths is an e-learning service for maths students. I consulted for this early-stage startup to help flesh out their feature-set.
Trainline - Front End Developer, (January '17 - January '18)
- Trainline is a digital rail platform. At trainline I deployed daily to production as part of a cross-functional team using node, react, and c#.
Tifosy - Full Stack Developer, (March '16 - January '17)
- Tifosy is a crowd-funding start-up targeted at sports teams and organizations. I worked across the stack to build a system that generates certificates, complex UI flows, and integrations with third-party payment services. I've also used benchmarking and monitoring tools to debug performance issues.
Makers Academy - Developer/Coach, (March '15 - March '16)
- Makers Academy is an intensive programming 'bootcamp' based in Shoreditch, London. As a coach, I juggled leading stand-ups, running workshops and retros, deepening my understanding of OOP, debugging students' issues, conducting code-reviews, and working on the website and internal tools.
I learned software development through the lens of software craftsmanship and extreme programming. I learned that good communication, disciplined refactoring, and a coherent testing strategy are essential to building maintainable software. In 2016 I attended a week-long masterclass given by Fred George, deepening my understanding of design patterns in object-oriented programming.
As a coach at Makers Academy I led stand-ups and retros with teams of aspiring developers. This experience left me with the belief that teams succeed or fail on the quality of their communication. When I'm programming or making a comment on a PR, I always try to ask myself the question: 'How is this going to be understood by another developer?'
I recently went to a series of NVC workshops where I wore giraffe ears and had my understanding of 'good communication' totally transformed.
When not programming I like to spend my time outside, usually cycling. I've competed internationally in beach volleyball, football, and ultimate frisbee. After founding an ultimately unsuccessful bagel start-up, I have been an amateur baker in search of the perfect rise.
- Object-oriented Ruby or JavaScript is how I usually solve a problem. I am an aspiring Clojurian/Rich Hickey fan.
- Node. I always use side-projects or hackathons as an excuse to write in Node. I find Node's asynchronous programming model mind-expanding to work with.
- Functional. I've been exploring the functional paradigm in JavaScript with libraries such as Ramda and Underscore.
- Rails. Rails is a beast best grabbed by the horns. Recently I have been trying to understand how to apply tools such as Trailblazer and Interactor to build scalable and maintainable Rails apps.
- Express. Express is my first-choice node.js framework.
- React/Redux. I have a great deal of experience developing performant and testable React components. In 2017 I attended a 2-day React workshop at React Europe, Paris, where the emphasis was on creating functional, reusable, components.
- RSpec + Capybara. I learned everything I know from ThoughtBot.
- I have also used Jasmine and Jest extensively.
- For React, I reach for Enzyme.
- Through Rails I have experience with Postgres and ActiveRecord and understand how to optimize queries to avoid common issues, such as n+1. More recently I have used Redis both as a data store and caching layer.
- After graduating I trained for the CELTA, a teaching qualification run by Cambridge University, and subsequently taught primary-aged children in the Republic of Korea for 2.5 years. I still enjoy leading workshops and helping others understand new concepts.
- NAUI Scuba Diver's license.
- Sailing license
- MA, Historical Research (Distinction). My MA thesis on the philosophy of history was awarded the George Richard Potter prize, given to the highest-graded MA thesis of the academic year.
- BA, History (First Class Honours).