Hire Me

I am available for freelance Ruby or Front-end development work. Either remote working or on-site in central Manchester.

About me

Well rounded ‘pragmatic programmer’ specialising in building quality web applications, using agile methodologies with best practices in mind. Usability focused developer with a passion for creating clean, accessible, standards based user interfaces.

My Specialities

  • Web applications development and rapid prototyping with Ruby on Rails
  • Agile development with XP and Scrum
  • Agile testing using BDD, TDD and automated integration testing
  • Accessible and usable user interfaces with semantic markup
  • JavaScript development - APIs, Bookmarklets, Ajax

What you get from me

  • Experience I have good experience, working at the BBC for a number of years and at an internet startup company as their tech lead.
  • Quality I use Agile development techniques to create robust, well tested code with minimal bugs.
  • Multi-disciplined developer I am not just a Ruby developer. I can work on any part of an web application from the front-end to the database.
  • Products / Prototyping I have experience with product management, product development and turning visions into working code.

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