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2015 - ?
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Lead Developer
Elementary Digital.
Development lead responsible for a team of developers and company tech leadership. Primary responsibilities include the timely delivery of web development projects in PHP and Javascript, agile team management, DevOps and SysOps management on AWS platform, DBA and implementation of security and site performance.
● Agile team management: ensured the timely delivery of projects throughout the project lifecycle by giving technical direction to a project; planned and coordinated the technical activities of the development team in line with project deliverables.
● Magento development: wrote high-quality code in Magento 2 framework and provided high level technical support to clients; advanced debugging and integration with third-party services and payment gateways; provided timely estimates based on technical requirements of a project and project deliverables.
● Custom web applications and React: led in the support and development of custom web applications built in Laravel with a React frontend for the health and finance sectors; developed in ES6 and PHP7 best practices.
● Technical leadership: shared technical expertise and gave leadership to individual team members while encouraging the development of new ideas and solutions; provided leadership in the continuous improvement of code quality by researching and implementing new technologies and methodologies; led in the mentoring, personal development and training of other members of the team.
● AWS / SysOps: expert in AWS platform, managing 30+ sites, including EC2, Lambda, RDS, VPC and networking; LAMP stack configuration, CentOS administration and Bash scripts; advanced MySQL optimisation and administration (query plans, indexes, joins, server variables); implementing web security best practices; site performance enhancements with Varnish, Redis, in-memory caching.
● DevOps: managed code development and review processes across company repos; implemented application monitoring with NewRelic and Blackfire; release approvals and automation.
● Agile team management: ensured the timely delivery of projects throughout the project lifecycle by giving technical direction to a project; planned and coordinated the technical activities of the development team in line with project deliverables.
● Magento development: wrote high-quality code in Magento 2 framework and provided high level technical support to clients; advanced debugging and integration with third-party services and payment gateways; provided timely estimates based on technical requirements of a project and project deliverables.
● Custom web applications and React: led in the support and development of custom web applications built in Laravel with a React frontend for the health and finance sectors; developed in ES6 and PHP7 best practices.
● Technical leadership: shared technical expertise and gave leadership to individual team members while encouraging the development of new ideas and solutions; provided leadership in the continuous improvement of code quality by researching and implementing new technologies and methodologies; led in the mentoring, personal development and training of other members of the team.
● AWS / SysOps: expert in AWS platform, managing 30+ sites, including EC2, Lambda, RDS, VPC and networking; LAMP stack configuration, CentOS administration and Bash scripts; advanced MySQL optimisation and administration (query plans, indexes, joins, server variables); implementing web security best practices; site performance enhancements with Varnish, Redis, in-memory caching.
● DevOps: managed code development and review processes across company repos; implemented application monitoring with NewRelic and Blackfire; release approvals and automation.
Health, Security, Continuous improvement, Finance, Support, Redis, Lead developer, Team management, Development, Implementation, Developer, Server, Web, Monitoring, CentOS, Optimization, Direction, Framework, LED, Processes, Agile, Php, Mysql, Frontend, React, Administration, Laravel, AWS, DevOps, Automation, Javascript, Magento, Training, Integration, Management, Leadership, Mentoring, ES6, Bash, Networking
2015 - 2015
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Web Developer
SEO Works.
Web development responsible for Magento e-commerce sites, LAMP web server management, PHP web app development, WordPress development, custom API / web service integrations, HTML and CSS.
● Magento development: developed and project managed e-commerce sites using Magento framework, tasks included theme development, plugin implementation, custom Magento observers in PHP, extending from Zend core API, XML layouts
● Web application frameworks: developed and project managed tourism sharing site, SEO monitoring app, recruitment website using Zend, CakePHP, and Wordpress (respectively)
● Custom API integration: integrated with recruitment system and payment gateways
● LAMP server management: managed a number of VPS and hosted solutions using SSH
● Magento development: developed and project managed e-commerce sites using Magento framework, tasks included theme development, plugin implementation, custom Magento observers in PHP, extending from Zend core API, XML layouts
● Web application frameworks: developed and project managed tourism sharing site, SEO monitoring app, recruitment website using Zend, CakePHP, and Wordpress (respectively)
● Custom API integration: integrated with recruitment system and payment gateways
● LAMP server management: managed a number of VPS and hosted solutions using SSH
Website, Framework, Server Management, Ssh, Monitoring, Web, Server, App, Implementation, Development, Recruitment, CakePHP, Developer, Service, Wordpress, Management, Integration, XML, API, Magento, E-commerce, App development, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Html, Seo, Php, Css
2013 - 2015
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Web Developer
CiT Digital.
Web developer responsible for custom programming, web application design and development, WordPress development, API / web service integration
● E-commerce development: integrated cart and payment gateway API / web services with existing e-commerce web application
● Web app development: used custom code to augment web applications with new features such as video editor and cropping tool
● HTML and Responsive CSS: designed and implemented user interfaces in advanced standards compliant HTML, Bootstrap framework and LESS
● E-commerce development: integrated cart and payment gateway API / web services with existing e-commerce web application
● Web app development: used custom code to augment web applications with new features such as video editor and cropping tool
● HTML and Responsive CSS: designed and implemented user interfaces in advanced standards compliant HTML, Bootstrap framework and LESS
Integration, Framework, Responsive, Web, App, Development, Web Services, Developer, Service, Less, Wordpress, API, E-commerce, App development, Bootstrap, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Video, Html, Design, Css
2013 - 2013
freelance
Web Developer
unknown.
Consultant PHP developer responsible for delivering client web requirements
● PHP/Wordpress E-commerce
● LAMP server management
● Product development
● PHP/Wordpress E-commerce
● LAMP server management
● Product development
Wordpress, Php, Product development, E-commerce, Management, Developer, Development, Server, Web, Server Management
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