Michael Reilly

Responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining over 20 websites through Dundee City Council, involving project scoping, timescales, managing and assisting junior developers and providing accurate, reliable information to clients. As well as deploying a number of other software applications.

Many times this would require a deep insight into the clients specifications, to make sure we're on the same page and to mitigate any potential post-launch development time.

Deliverables include;

• Elements of Dundee City Council website
• Dundee Violence against Women Partnership website
• Dundee Violence against Children website
• Dundee Protects website
• Dundee Green Health Partnership website
• Various (20+) school websites

In addition to these deliverables, standards were maintained.

• Designed web pages to enhance branding and navigation.
• Boosted website performance and stability through planned maintenance and targeted troubleshooting.
• Evaluated code to check compatibility with browsers, devices or operating systems.
• Applied SEO techniques to drive engagement and improve Google rankings.
• Assessed and balanced costs and consequences of upgrading systems.
• Wrote and updated software documentation to help users better understand site.
• Implemented cyber security best practices to achieve stable systems.
• Enhanced front-end performance through image optimisation and clean coding practices, accelerating load times.
• Facilitated code reviews and pair programming to produce clean, high-quality code.
• Delivered front- and back-end development across mobile and web applications.
• Collaborated with web designers to match visual design intent.
• Met regularly with clients and management to determine project scopes and specifications.

Shadowing main developer and eventually leading my own projects, specifically creating Drupal based websites on client specification.

• Created custom websites by harnessing HTML, CSS and JavaScript skills.
• Designed web pages to enhance branding and navigation.
• Established testing framework with Selenium to eliminate bugs and create quality code.
• Backed up files from websites to local directories for recovery.
• Implemented cyber security best practices to achieve stable systems.
• Boosted website performance and stability through planned maintenance and targeted troubleshooting.
• Evaluated code to check compatibility with browsers, devices or operating systems.
• Wrote and updated software documentation to help users better understand site.
• Applied SEO techniques to drive engagement and improve Google rankings.
• Met regularly with clients and management to determine project scopes and specifications.

Booked in jobs for clients as well as led a team of 3-5, being the main liaison between the drivers and the office.