Richard Ward Email & Phone Number

At Direct Line Group I am the principle engineer responsible for selecting the technical direction and architecture of the product being developed. At times I fill in for the team lead and assist the product owner with various ceremonies. I also assist and mentor junior developers. • developed greenfield Federated GraphQL backend and REST based API • implemented Prisma to provide type safe database access • plan and develop API endpoints from the database level up •… Show more At Direct Line Group I am the principle engineer responsible for selecting the technical direction and architecture of the product being developed. At times I fill in for the team lead and assist the product owner with various ceremonies. I also assist and mentor junior developers. • developed greenfield Federated GraphQL backend and REST based API • implemented Prisma to provide type safe database access • plan and develop API endpoints from the database level up • plan and code react interfaces, from react-hooks store to UI • developed multiple react-native based insurance applications • developed web based admin portal • integration with AWS Cognito and S3 for auth and storage • introduced “sketch -> zeplin -> storybook -> react“ workflow • introduced developer tooling (PR based linting, test running, etc) • run sprint related ceremonies • perform the role and duties of team lead • plan and scope features required by the product owner • make architectural and technical decisions Show less

Remote - Cape Town

At Kontor I decided on the direction and implementation of the Kontor platform. I developed the graphql backend and react frontend application that their business (https://kontor.com and https://heyoffices.com ) now run on.Once the platform was completed we hired additional contractors to assist with updates to their sister site, HeyOffices (https://heyoffices.com ). I was responsible for providing refined tasks for them to complete as well as ensure they had sufficient mentoring to aid… Show more At Kontor I decided on the direction and implementation of the Kontor platform. I developed the graphql backend and react frontend application that their business (https://kontor.com and https://heyoffices.com ) now run on.Once the platform was completed we hired additional contractors to assist with updates to their sister site, HeyOffices (https://heyoffices.com ). I was responsible for providing refined tasks for them to complete as well as ensure they had sufficient mentoring to aid their personal development. • nodejs (typescript) development • implemented GraphQL API • implemented Prisma to provide type safe database access • plan and develop API endpoints from the database level up • plan and code react interfaces, from react-hooks store to UI • developed proficiency with Graphql, apollo client and react hooks • setup automated deploy service to Heroku and Netlify • provide solutions to roadmap items • implemented the following systems: ◦ magic link login ◦ crud based data capture ◦ map based deal creation tool ◦ tenant ready solution ◦ seed data solution • guided and assisted contractors and junior developers Show less

Cape Town

At Brolly I am part of the product team developing the backend and phone functionality required for the flagship contents insurance product. My role is to architect and implement solutions for our API backend and react-native phone application.I have assisted with creating the backend service, a typescript GraphQL API, using GraphQL Modules for separation of concerns and Prisma as the type safe “ORM” layer. I make use of the serverless framework for testing and deploying the stack to be… Show more At Brolly I am part of the product team developing the backend and phone functionality required for the flagship contents insurance product. My role is to architect and implement solutions for our API backend and react-native phone application.I have assisted with creating the backend service, a typescript GraphQL API, using GraphQL Modules for separation of concerns and Prisma as the type safe “ORM” layer. I make use of the serverless framework for testing and deploying the stack to be served from AWS Lambdas. The phone app is written in react native using typescript and MobX. • Nodejs (typescript) API development • Implemented GraphQL with GraphQL Modules • Implemented prisma to provide type safe database access • Using serverless to develop and deploy applications to AWS • Plan and develop API endpoints from the database level up • Plan and code react-native interfaces from MobX store to UI • Provided documentation for the team members for features and expectations • Setup automated deploy service to QA using CircleCi • Implemented jest based unit and end to end testing Show less

Cape Town Area, South Africa

At Kurtosys I was part of the product team developing the companies core product, KurtosysApp.I also managing multiple employees, providing mentorship, reviews and weekly 1 on 1’s. • Nodejs (typescript) development • Plan and develop API endpoints from the database level up • Plan and develop frontend interfaces using react with MobX • Following Scrum and Agile methodologies • Setup automated deploy service to development using Teamcity and Octopus… Show more At Kurtosys I was part of the product team developing the companies core product, KurtosysApp.I also managing multiple employees, providing mentorship, reviews and weekly 1 on 1’s. • Nodejs (typescript) development • Plan and develop API endpoints from the database level up • Plan and develop frontend interfaces using react with MobX • Following Scrum and Agile methodologies • Setup automated deploy service to development using Teamcity and Octopus • Greatly extended the jest based integration test coverage • Assist with upgrade of memsql from version 5 to version 6 • Management of two developers providing mentoring and management of goals Show less

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Helping clients define what they required and then using the best technologies to meet their expectations.

Cape Town

Developed web applications which pivoted to developing a bitcoin exchange and finally client based work. The client based work involved project management as well as development to meet the clients expectations.Wrote a Bitcoin Exchange using Python, NodeJs and postgres as primary technologies. It was hosted on AWS with a strong decoupling of services and built with scalability in mind.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Sole developer for a bespoke web development agency.

Full Stack developer for XOIP.Web frontend done in PHP, backend in Perl with Asterisk and some shell scripting inbetween.Also did server administration for the web frontend, Asterisk server, database server and the mail server.

Started as assistant unix administrator primarily taking care of the mail server.Moved to developing the student portal in php.Added lots of functionality to the student portal.Moved to the student database department (from system admin) and did Oracle Forms development as well as continued to develop functionality for the student portal.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

National Diploma, Information Technology

Education record