Abe Cole

Full stack developer

Self taught web developer with experience in a wide range of technologies & languages, developed over years of working in the evolving web industry originally in a 2-man design & development team. This team expanded to include other specialities, providing myself with the chance to take the development team lead while gaining knowledge working directly between client demands and project outcomes.

Recent experience of new technologies includes Tailwind, Sanity, Gatsby, GSAP and Framer Motion.

Experience

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Blue Shell Labs

Full Stack Developer

Jan 2020 - Present  ∙  Winchester, United Kingdom

Working directly with business clients to help modernise their processes & systems. This role involves deciding the best technologies to use for the existing situation while allowing migration to preferred technologies.

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Patron

Full Stack Developer

Jan 2016 - Present  ∙  London, United Kingdom

Working with an agile web design & development team we've innovated our tool set and methods to be able to produce great looking high performance websites. I worked with the design team to take client approved designs and ideas into deliverable real world projects.

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Our Collective

Full Stack Developer

May 2011 - Dec 2015  ∙  London, United Kingdom

Worked as a full stack developer and lead of web development for the agency based in Hoxton, London. I gained experience in all areas of web development, alongside the founder & design lead I would attending client meetings to see the project from concept to completion, managing everything from the code base creation to deployment and hosting.

Projects

Patron social asset manager

React, NextJS, GSAP, Puppeteer, Sanity.io, Vercel, AWS Lambda & MJML

Working with the design team at Patron we have developed data integrated asset creation tools, allowing their clients to create video & image assets directly from their CMS ready for publication. We've created a range of templates & configuration options to allow quick creation of assets while maintaining their brand aesthetic.

Ruby on Rails, SQLite, Devise, Capistrano, AWS S3 & Delayed Job

The team at Vanderbilt manage over 4000 products for their global customer base with a large support network. Working to meet their requirements I've developed a purpose built asset management system allowing them to manage the many documents, instructions & software related to each product. We've expanded the system to integrate with new sales channels as their business has grown, providing a simple REST-style API aswell as regular data exports to various external applications.

PHP, MySQL & CodeIgniter

Developed a complete invoicing system to allow CarDealer5's clients to manage vehicle invoicing, related costs and price controls. The system had to be built to work with their existing legacy systems already built in PHP. I selected CodeIgniter as the framework to build on as it would allow their existing development team to transition into a better workflow.

ReactJS & Redux eCommerce store, with a headless WordPress CMS integrated with Shopify

Estate agent portfolio built in WordPress integrated with RightMove Automated Datafeed

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Skills

  • TypeScript5+ Years
  • JavaScript10+ Years
  • Ruby6+ Years
  • PHP10+ Years
  • HTML & CSS10+ Years

Frameworks

  • Sanity2 Years
  • Gatsby3 Years
  • NextJS3 Years
  • Ruby on Rails6 Years
  • WordPress10+ Years

Interests

  • FootballRight back
  • PC GamingVAL/CSGO
  • Skateboarding¯\_(ツ)_/¯