Charles Oliver Email & Phone Number

London/Remote

Remote

West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Remote/Worcestershire/Bangalore

• Authoring a package library monorepo for React components, hooks, and code quality tooling
• Architecting a robust and extendable React front-end for a large education platform client
• Gathering requirements, producing roadmaps, and writing user stories with clients on-site
• Upskilling graduate developers, and developers with non-React backgrounds
• Organising 20+ developers based in the Bangalore office working on several projects
• Introducing TypeScript and Apollo to… Show more

Remote/Malta

• Migrating legacy KnockoutJS and ES5 code to a new React and Webpack-driven platform
• Greenfield React Native mobile app development for Android and iOS
• Producing interactive documentation and visual regression tests with Storybook and Chromatic
• Refactoring Redux stores to use Apollo client state and Flow types
• Creating GraphQL endpoints to aggregate business logic reliant upon disparate REST APIs
• Organising workshops, conferences, and get-togethers for the Front-End… Show more

Botighoffen, Switzerland

• Node and React development for the largest German holiday deal website
• Authoring React components shared across the company web estate
• Writing node endpoints to replace the legacy php backend
• Maintaining 100% code coverage with Mocha and Enzyme tests
• Porting Fluxible stores and reducers to Redux
• Engaging in hackathons to turn concepts into revenue-generating production code

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Creating reusable components with React and ES6
• Rewriting NodeJS services in Elixir for improved performance
• Developing comprehensive UI tests with Jest and Enzyme
• Harnessing the power of functional programming within Elixir and JavaScript codebases
• Integrating A/B testing and conversion tracking throughout the tech stack
• Working as part of a lean, cross-functional team made up of self-organised squads

York, United Kingdom

• Refactoring a proof-of-concept app into a solid, extendable, white-label application
• Adding unit test coverage using ng-mocks, Jasmine, Karma, and Istanbul
• Fixing and writing end-to-end tests using Protractor and Capybara
• Using Webpack and Babel to use ES6 modules and language features
• Performance profiling using Chrome devtools and ng-perf
• Working as part of an Agile team split between the UK, Spain, and Italy

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Developing a Chrome app comprised of composable UI elements with React and Flux
• Utilising pure functions and immutability for referential transparency and testability
• Using Jasmine and React Test Tools to provide complete coverage of React components
• Updating ES5 syntax to use ES6 language features, transpiled by babel
• Creating responsive, performance-conscious interfaces for use on low-spec ARM tablets
• Working with WebSockets for bi-directional, real-time UI updates

Gibraltar

• Designing and implementing the front-end platform for the new totesport.com website using Angular, Gulp, Bower, Bootstrap, and SASS
• Detailing best-practices to create a clean and consistent codebase
• Retro-fitting unit (Karma/Jasmine) and end-to-end tests (Protractor) into a test-less project
• Replacing Grunt with Gulp for continuous testing and environment-specific build configurations
• Using Babel to allow the adoption of ECMAScript 2015 syntax and language features

Penrith, United Kingdom

• Building a first-class, customer-facing, single page application for a large telecoms company
• Writing Jasmine and Protractor tests for unit testing and end-to-end testing
• Extending Angular with custom directives, filters, and modules
• Pair programming and mentoring to bring inexperienced permanent staff up to speed
• Working with Node, Express, and Swagger.io to create RESTful web services
• Using Git and TeamCity for version control and continuous integration

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Orchestrating a team of experienced.net developers as part of a huge legacy migration project
• Creating code standards, guidelines, and procedures for the development team
• Implementing CI tooling consisting of Git, TFS2013, and Octopus Deploy
• Writing automated test suites with Selenium to ensure functional requirements are met
• Mentoring team members to share knowledge and ensure adherence to best-practices
• Architecting, writing, maintaining, and supporting several… Show more

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Creating rich client applications using with ASP.net, AngularJS, and Silverlight
• Developing WebAPI-based microservices for consumption throughout the business
• Designing intuitive user interfaces and dashboards for use by the company’s Business Analysts
• Working alongside SQL BI developers in order to aggregate and display critical business data
• Application Lifecycle Management with TFS2013 and CI with Octopus Deploy

Boston Spa, United Kingdom

• Having gained experience in developing software for the British Library in my previous role, I was able to move to a more senior role that required greater interaction with key business users and product owners to.
• Test-driven, C# development using MSTest and Moq
• Writing and deploying workflow-based Windows services, web services and desktop applications
• Harnessing MSMQ for delivering reliable, scalable enterprise systems
• Rewriting disparate… Show more Having gained experience in developing software for the British Library in my previous role, I was able to move to a more senior role that required greater interaction with key business.
• Rewriting disparate Windows Forms-based service management tools as a unified WPF program

Boston Spa, United Kingdom

• My role as Application Specialist required me to harness and improve my existing skill set, as well as learning a range of new technologies. My core task was supporting, upgrading and maintaining the application.
• Developing C# apps using WPF, ASP.net MVC, WinForms, WCF, MSMQ and Entity Framework
• Writing reusable PowerShell scripts for the benefit of the Technical Services team
• Fixing bugs by checking logs and cross-referencing stack traces with source code
• Using System Centre Operations Manager to monitor and pro-actively maintain the DLS
• Configuring and deploying applications to VMs running Windows Server 2003 – 2012 Show less

Leeds, United Kingdom

• After entering the company in the capacity of Application Support Analyst for bespoke software packages, I was soon promoted to leading a team of five. Technical, customer support, and management skills were key in.
• Managing workloads and providing assistance for a team of five (excluding… Show more After entering the company in the capacity of Application Support Analyst for bespoke software packages, I was soon promoted to.
• Managing workloads and providing assistance for a team of five (excluding myself)
• Developing custom reports and extensions using C#, T-SQL, XAML and FoxPro
• Delivering first-class customer services to a large and growing client base
• Providing technical support for bespoke applications based on the Microsoft and LAMP stacks