Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
GitHub: https://www.github.com/jessta/
I'm friendly, honest and reliable. I'm able to work with others and respond creatively to problems. I pick up and understand new ideas quickly and am able to put them in to practise immediately. I have a keen interest in all aspects of software development. I have experience in a wide range of languages, libraries and platforms. Most recently I've been working on ReactJS, GraphQL and BackboneJS applications backed by Ruby on Rails backends hosted via Heroku, Amazon AWS and Google Cloud.
I've worked in a team of up to 5 people with code reviews, tests and continous integration and down to a team of one with careful changes and 'git push' deployment. I've done system administration work, migrating systems and consolidating servers between cloud service providers(GCE, AWS, Heroku, Route66), and customer support investigating and providing explainations, producing documentation and deploying bugfixes in a timely manner in response to customer requests.
Ruby on Rails(3.2-5.2), Javascript (React, Antd, Backbonejs, Redux, GraphQL(Apollo), SQL(Postgresql))
I worked as a critical part of a team developing a variety of new versions of the product built on Reactjs with a Ruby On Rails backend. I was also heavily involved in the React/Backbone frontends and various solutions to the data layer issues that came up in an early large React application.
I worked as the only developer/ops/support for 18 months (2016-2018) during a time of low growth. This involved consolidating infrastructure, minor feature development, responding to service problems, bugfixes and customer support.
From 2018, the team grew again and we started major feature development again. I continued as a critical team member, provided mentoring to junior developers and spearheaded the process of migrating legacy parts of the application from BackboneJS to React, Typescript and GraphQL/Apollo.
Ruby on Rails(2.3, 3.2), Javascript(Backbonejs, JQuery, React)
Developing a CMS for the editing, processing and deployment of content for dynamic touchscreen displays in public spaces.
2 person team, PHP(Magento), MySQL, developing and maintaining ecommerce sites based on Magento for a number of fashion brands.
A small team using PHP, MySQL to add features to web app for auctions.
In my lesuire time I enjoy cycling, brunch, walking, gardening, rocket league, and discussions about urban planning and public transport.
Currently growing a nice crop of cherry tomatoes.