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Jack Wright

Jack Wright

Blackburn,Lancashire

Summary

Seasoned Lead Developer with a passion for crafting exceptional software solutions. Strong foundation in PHP, Laravel, React, and JavaScript. Experience in Python and DevOps, utilising both LAMP stack and Nginx. Proven ability to deliver high-quality code. Thrives in collaborative environments and possesses excellent leadership and communication skills. A proactive problem solver with strong project management skills.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work history

Lead Developer

TONE AGENCY
Padiham, Lancashire
07.2021 - Current
  • Developed dynamic web applications using PHP, Laravel, React, WordPress, and JavaScript.
  • Wrote clean, clear, and well-tested code for various projects.
  • Modified existing software to upgrade interfaces and elevate performance.
  • Produced algorithms and flow charts to develop new software and systems.
  • Conducted regular upgrades for interfaces, hardware, and software.
  • Gathered feedback to innovate and improve user experience.
  • Implemented system testing and validation guidelines.
  • Verified and resolved over 100 bug reports and issues.
  • Oversaw system testing and validation procedures.
  • Led team of developers to analyze and rebuild software from ground up through to completion.
  • Designed and built scalable APIs to increase development workflow.
  • Consulted with customers regarding project development and proposals.
  • Conferred with project managers to acquire information regarding limitations or capabilities.
  • Managed software programming and documentation development.
  • Managed deployment and server management process utilising LAMP stacks and Nginx.
  • Successfully executed site migration projects, ensuring minimal downtime and maintaining data integrity.
  • Provided technical guidance, mentorship, and fostered collaboration within the development team.
  • Communicated complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring seamless project execution and client satisfaction.

    Highlights:

    Proven ability to develop dynamic web applications using a variety of technologies.
    Extensive experience in system testing and validation.
    Strong leadership and team-building skills.
    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

    Looking forward to:

    Bringing my skills and experiences to new challenges.
    Contributing to the success of future ventures.

SENIOR DEVELOPER

REVOLUTION GROWTH
07.2021 - Current
  • Revolution Growth hired me as a senior developer to join their team in building and maintaining their websites,
  • CRMs, CMSs (such as Statamic and CraftCMS), e-commerce stores, APIs and servers
  • Using PHP and Laravel, I build, maintain and upgrade their existing repositories of bespoke and off-the-shelf websites and software as well as supporting their clients with bugs and feature requests
  • I am also called upon to support, upgrade and maintain their Wordpress and Magento websites and e-commerce stores
  • On top of this, the company called on my vast experience with DevOps to create, upgrade, maintain and support their servers - both standard LAMP installations and AWS servers alike, while also ensuring SSL certificates were kept in order
  • I also support their legacy sites which use plan PHP and Drupal
  • Writing, testing, deploying, upgrading and maintaining Laravel websites and software
  • Writing, testing, deploying, upgrading and maintaining APIs connecting to well-known software such as CAP,Hubspot, Salesforce, and Shopify
  • Writing, testing, deploying, upgrading and maintaining Wordpress themes and plugins
  • Writing, testing, and deploying, upgrading and maintaining Magento themes and modules
  • Migrating websites between servers losslessly and without downtime
  • Deploying SSL certificates
  • Starting, deploying, upgrading and maintaining AWS servers
  • Starting, deploying, upgrading, and maintaining dedicated servers and VPSs
  • Ensuring all work is backed up and deployed via Bitbucket
  • Ensuring my work is updated and progress tracked via Jira
  • Ensuring documentation is understandable and kept up to date via Confluence.

LEAD DEVELOPER

NET SIXTY SIX
12.2019 - 08.2020
  • Net Sixty Six recruited me in December 2019 to lead their development team in creating websites
  • Using PHP, MySQL,Apache, Linux, Centos, and Wordpress with WooCommerce, I maintained servers and created multifaceted e-commerce websites for at least a hundred clients
  • Writing, testing and deploying PHP applications and/or websites
  • Ensuring my work is backed up and maintained using BitBucket
  • Committing and pushing my completed, tested work via Github
  • Identifying, troubleshooting, and repairing bugs as and when they appear
  • Creating and deploying feature requests
  • Creating, maintaining, and enhancing Wordpress websites, themes and extensions
  • Creating, maintaining, and enhancing Magento websites, themes, and extensions
  • Using cPanel and WHM to create and maintain accounts for customers
  • Creating and using plugins for Wordpress to facilitate optimisation, SEO, and e-commerce
  • Ensuring the team is working to their best standard at the best speed possible
  • Managing work loads for both myself and my team.

WEB DEVELOPER

ICANSEE
05.2019 - 10.2019
  • At icansee I was part of a team using PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Apache, Linux, and Doctrine to create websites, in a lot of cases with their accompanying CRMs, and maintaining these systems with whatever the client requested
  • Writing, testing and deploying PHP applications and/or websites
  • Ensuring my work is backed up and maintained using BitBucket
  • Committing and pushing my completed, tested work via Github
  • Identifying, troubleshooting, and repairing bugs as and when they appear
  • Creating and deploying feature requests
  • Creating, maintaining, and enhancing Wordpress websites, themes and extensions
  • Creating, maintaining, and enhancing Magento websites, themes, and extensions
  • Monitoring and updating websites using Plesk.

2ND / 3RD LINE SUPPORT ENGINEER

COX AUTOMOTIVE
01.2018 - 12.2018
  • I was part of a team committed to maintaining and supporting a dealership-based CRM system which used embedded telephone monitoring and recording software, along with their hardware
  • Building, installing, and maintaining phone monitoring and recording servers and their hardware
  • Supporting, maintaining, and writing up solutions for dealership CRMs
  • Checking the SQL Database to check details, and where relevant, running queries to resolve issues
  • Recreating bugs and issues for diagnosis and resolution
  • Liaising with developers and sharing code to resolve issues
  • Keeping bugs logged and tracked via Jira
  • Liaising with customers to help with their problems and assisting them in keeping their CRM up to date
  • More available upon request.

Education

NVQ Level 2 - Team Leadership

North Hertfordshire College
Stevenage
12.2022 - 02.2023

Some College (No Degree) - ICT

Accrington & Rossendale College
Accrington
2006

High School Diploma - GCSE

Norden High School & Sports College
Rishton
2005

Skills

Experience with the following operating systems:

MSDOS, Microsoft Windows from Windows 98 through to Windows 10 64bit Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2012 Apple OS9, OS X to 12, iOS to 84, Linux (specifically CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu)

  • Network Administration
  • Including Microsoft only and Multiple OS environments
  • Image Editing (Adobe Photoshop to 2022, Adobe Illustrator to 2022, Adobe Fireworks to CS5 Including Macromedia releases)
  • HTML coding
  • Dependency injection
  • Code reviews
  • Backend software development
  • API integrating
  • Jira
  • Automated testing
  • Agile development
  • Bitbucket
  • Corel Photo-Paint
  • Jasc Paint-Shop-Pro
  • GIMP
  • Coding (Visual Basic, HTML, PHP, C#, Javascript, Python and CSS)
  • Customer Service Experience
  • Business to business, face-to-face and telephone customer service experience

Interests

Spectating Rugby League. Chess, puzzle-solving and strategy games. Computer gaming. Reading, (contemporary fi ction and classic literature,) Creative writing. Learning new languages. Graphic design and illustration. Software development for computer and mobile platforms.

Languages

English
Native
Italian
Intermediate
Russian
Intermediate

Timeline

NVQ Level 2 - Team Leadership

North Hertfordshire College
12.2022 - 02.2023

Lead Developer

TONE AGENCY
07.2021 - Current

SENIOR DEVELOPER

REVOLUTION GROWTH
07.2021 - Current

LEAD DEVELOPER

NET SIXTY SIX
12.2019 - 08.2020

WEB DEVELOPER

ICANSEE
05.2019 - 10.2019

2ND / 3RD LINE SUPPORT ENGINEER

COX AUTOMOTIVE
01.2018 - 12.2018

Some College (No Degree) - ICT

Accrington & Rossendale College

High School Diploma - GCSE

Norden High School & Sports College

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