I'm a mild-mannered yet opinionated web developer. I have expertise in both front-end and back-end web development. I have most recently been using Python/Django and Ruby/Rails.
I have 8 years of experience building websites including ecommerce, bespoke client webapps, dealing with large amounts of data and embedding javascript and content into other high traffic sites.
Outside of the technology industry my main interests are coffee (I have successfully made one small cup of coffee from beans I grew myself) and checking out and mapping the local café scene as well as listening to a large variety of music. I’m a city cyclist and interested in the advocacy for cyclist safety. I’m also involved in the London real life gaming scene.
Work permit
I currently have a Tier 1 General visa to allow me to work in the UK. I do not require company sponsorship.
Contact
Email: adam@pkqk.net
Front-end skills
- I write semantic and well structured HTML/CSS
- Use Javascript & jQuery for progressive enhancment and DOM modifcation
- I like RFC2616, REST and features of the web
Back-end skills
- I've used relational databases PostgreSQL & MySQL to handle large volumes of data
- I have experience using key/value stores such as Redis for both caching speed improvements and to manipulate large amounts of data
- I have a deep understanding of Python and Ruby
- I've also used Perl, C, and toyed with Haskell and Erlang
- The web frameworks I know best are currently Django and Ruby on Rails
- I've managed and deployed to cloud infrastructure using AWS (using EC2, S3 and SQS) & Heroku
Employment history
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Software engineer at BERG
London, UK from January 2013
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Developer at Artfinder
London, UK from April until November 2012 (7 months)
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Developer at Reevoo
London, UK from April 2009 until April 2012 (3 years)
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Developer at Tricycle Apps
Melbourne, Australia from March 2007 until December 2008 (1 year 10 months)
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Software developer at Idiom Software
Auckland, NZ from April 2006 until December 2006 (8 months)
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Web developer at Zeald
Auckland, NZ from March 2004 until April 2006 (2 years 2 months)
Education history
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Outward Bound
February 2004
21 day Classic course
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University of Auckland
2000 — 2003
BSc (Hons) in Computer science
