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Reliable, full-stack Ruby-on-Rails Developer
Niall Beard
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Manchester, United Kingdom
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I have lots of experience developing Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and React applications at various sizes, stages, and scales.
I've created many successful green-field projects. I can bring my creativity and experience to rapidly produce a robust and exciting MVP implementation with care and consideration taken to business needs.
I have participated in the ongoing development of existing products and services. With my analytical abilities and varied experience working in new codebases, I am capable of becoming a effective contributor with a low ramp-on time and working well in a team.
As stated in the agile manifesto, my priority is to satisfy the customer
through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
I've created many successful green-field projects. I can bring my creativity and experience to rapidly produce a robust and exciting MVP implementation with care and consideration taken to business needs.
I have participated in the ongoing development of existing products and services. With my analytical abilities and varied experience working in new codebases, I am capable of becoming a effective contributor with a low ramp-on time and working well in a team.
As stated in the agile manifesto, my priority is to satisfy the customer
through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
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United Kingdom
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English
Fluently
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Larger project
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2020 - ?
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Software Engineer
Createk Labs.
I currently work as a Software Engineer at Createk.io developing Ruby on Rails and React
applications. Duties include planning and implementing new features, refactoring, and reviewing code.
applications. Duties include planning and implementing new features, refactoring, and reviewing code.
React, Ruby on rails, Software
2016 - 2020
job
Senior Research Software and Training Manager
ELIXIR-TeSS Project, University of Manchester.
As Senior Research Software and Training Manager I was the project manager and developer for
ELIXIR TeSS. TeSS is a flagship product from the EU-funded Life-science Research Infrastructure -
ELIXIR. The project aims to improve the findability of training resources for the European Life-science
community by aggregating disparate training opportunities' metadata into a centralized, feature-rich
portal. The code is written in Ruby on Rails as is available Open Source.
I oversaw the entire software life-cycle and ensured robust deployment practices were adhered to including code-review, CI testing, and documentation. I was responsible for scheduling, assigning,
and reviewing the work of a team of developers distributed across Europe with varying and
unpredictable availability. I was also responsible for handling pull requests from a community of voluntary Open Source contributors.
I designed features, ensuring careful alignment with the scientific communities needs by frequently
engaging with stakeholders and performing usability studies. In order to fully engage with this
community, I represented TeSS globally at over fifty international conferences, workshops, and hackathons. Some of my presentations are available to view on slideshare.net, and some of my
academic posters are available on f1000.
To facilitate the aggregation of training resources in TeSS, I led a group of international bioinformatics
training experts in producing a set of Schema.org specifications for the description of online training
resources, through a community group called Bioschemas.
I have co-authored several academic papers, and I am the lead author on two papers (one pending review). In addition to these responsibilities I also supervised Masters, 3rd-year, and Summer
Vacation students undertaking projects involving TeSS. I have taught introductory programming
workshops through The Carpentries foundation and I am a qualified Carpentries Instructor.
ELIXIR TeSS. TeSS is a flagship product from the EU-funded Life-science Research Infrastructure -
ELIXIR. The project aims to improve the findability of training resources for the European Life-science
community by aggregating disparate training opportunities' metadata into a centralized, feature-rich
portal. The code is written in Ruby on Rails as is available Open Source.
I oversaw the entire software life-cycle and ensured robust deployment practices were adhered to including code-review, CI testing, and documentation. I was responsible for scheduling, assigning,
and reviewing the work of a team of developers distributed across Europe with varying and
unpredictable availability. I was also responsible for handling pull requests from a community of voluntary Open Source contributors.
I designed features, ensuring careful alignment with the scientific communities needs by frequently
engaging with stakeholders and performing usability studies. In order to fully engage with this
community, I represented TeSS globally at over fifty international conferences, workshops, and hackathons. Some of my presentations are available to view on slideshare.net, and some of my
academic posters are available on f1000.
To facilitate the aggregation of training resources in TeSS, I led a group of international bioinformatics
training experts in producing a set of Schema.org specifications for the description of online training
resources, through a community group called Bioschemas.
I have co-authored several academic papers, and I am the lead author on two papers (one pending review). In addition to these responsibilities I also supervised Masters, 3rd-year, and Summer
Vacation students undertaking projects involving TeSS. I have taught introductory programming
workshops through The Carpentries foundation and I am a qualified Carpentries Instructor.
Bioinformatics, Manager, LED, Portal, Performing, Online, Feature, International, Software, Science, Elixir, Testing, Community, Infrastructure, .Net, Usability & UX, Developer, Net, Workshops, Open source, SoMe, Usability, Ruby on rails, Training, Deployment, Research, Project Manager
2014 - 2016
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Scientific Web Technologist
eScience Lab.
(formerly myGrid) https://www.esciencelab.org.uk
University of Manchester
In this role I was chiefly responsible for the delivery of the newly-funded ELIXIR training portal, TeSS.
As this was a new project, I was involved in requirements elicitation activities, the critical assessment of existing available infrastructures, and the initiation of environment and deployment pipelines.
The application was developed primarily with Ruby on Rails with significant JavaScript functionality.
University of Manchester
In this role I was chiefly responsible for the delivery of the newly-funded ELIXIR training portal, TeSS.
As this was a new project, I was involved in requirements elicitation activities, the critical assessment of existing available infrastructures, and the initiation of environment and deployment pipelines.
The application was developed primarily with Ruby on Rails with significant JavaScript functionality.
Javascript, Deployment, Training, Ruby on rails, Assessment, Elixir, Web, Portal
My education
University of Manchester
Masters, Computer Science
Masters, Computer Science
Winstanley College
Secondary, Philosophy
Secondary, Philosophy
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