Adam Christopher Bones
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Toptal member since October 12, 2022
Adam is a 20-year veteran of web application development, specializing in UI, product development, and AWS-enabled SaaS businesses. As both product creator and technical lead in numerous startups, Adam has served at the forefront of web technology for over two decades.
Portfolio
Experience
- Back-end - 20 years
- Front-end - 20 years
- JavaScript - 20 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 15 years
- Node.js - 10 years
- Full-stack - 10 years
- React - 8 years
- TypeScript - 4 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
React, Remix, TypeScript, Arc, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The most amazing...
...SaaS I've developed is a platform for creating websites without code or templates, allowing agencies to fulfill their projects without bespoke development.
Work Experience
Solution Architect
Broadway Podcast Network
- Developed a cutting-edge PWA capable of running offline-first, everywhere. Deployed it across the web, iOS, and Android.
- Leveraged modern web APIs (Service Worker, Cache Storage, Web Audio, IndexedDB) to deliver an industry-first global media player.
- Deployed an ultra-high throughput cloud infrastructure (AWS Lambda, Amazon SNS, Amazon S3, DynamoDB) to synchronize and process vast data streams, distributing tens of thousands of episodes and providing deep insights into user behavior.
- Consolidated complex taxonomies into a single-table design, delivering single-digit millisecond loads for free on DynamoDB.
- Designed algorithmic processes for relating content based on metadata provided by podcasters, calculating trends and building recommendations, driving listener discovery, and delivering industry-leading SEO.
- Performed end-to-end test coverage of the entire stack with Cypress.
- Provided continuous integration and deployment via GitHub and Arc.
Web Engineer
Sdamp
- Built a PWA/React front end for a blockchain network that provides the provenance of artworks, allowing gallery owners to manage artist/collector relationships and collectors to discover new artworks.
- Developed an on-demand image resizer to serve optimized images across apps.
- Created an online PDF generator for LOPs and COAs in response to ownership changes.
- Provided end-to-end test coverage for the entire system via Cypress.
- Proposed and implemented new UIs in response to ongoing changes in product scope.
Technical Lead
Oxygen Digital
- Designed, implemented, and scaled a popular SaaS used to power hundreds of successful websites.
- Developed the Cycle toolset so designers could fulfill client work without bespoke development.
- Conceived and developed new features for Cycle in response to client usage over 10 years.
- Reduced monthly infrastructure costs to a tenth while improving performance by transitioning to the cloud, subsuming the role of a previous director.
- Became an early adopter of cloud technologies as a fast and efficient way to scale a SaaS.
- Acted as early contributors to open-source JavaScript frameworks, foreseeing the potential for "front-to-back" JavaScript development.
Full-stack Developer
Oxygen Digital
- Designed and implemented WYSIWYG tools for building web pages in the browser in the days before Google Docs.
- Optimized generated pages to achieve a Google PageSpeed score of over 90% with compatibility back to Internet Explorer 7, thanks to ultra-streamlined, framework-free JavaScript and CSS.
- Incorporated up-to-date best practices in web design into the Cycle platform, covering everything from CSS animations to SEO.
Experience
Cycle | Website Builder
http://cycle.oxdi.co.ukResponder | Behavioral JavaScript Framework
In-Place Editor
Education
Bachelor's Degree with First Class Honors in Computer Science
University of Sussex - Brighton, United Kingdom
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, REST APIs, Stripe, Web Audio
Tools
Amazon Cognito, Slack, Jira, Figma, Terraform, GitHub
Languages
CSS, JavaScript, HTML, TypeScript, HTML5, PHP, SQL, Python, Arc, Swift
Frameworks
React Native, Next.js, Express.js, Redux, Cypress, Remix
Paradigms
Mobile Development, Cross-platform, Offline-first Development, UI Design, UX Design, Test-driven Development (TDD), DevOps, Automated Testing
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Web, WordPress, Mobile, AWS Lambda, Vercel, OS X, iOS, Android
Storage
Amazon DynamoDB, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud
Other
Software Engineering, Usability, Web App Development, JavaScript Libraries, Front-end, Back-end, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), APIs, Full-stack, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Web Development, Startups, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Cross-platform App Development, Architecture, Cloud, Offline Data Synchronization, English, Front-end Development, UI Frameworks, UI Libraries, Serverless, Server-side JavaScript, Digital Product Design, Technical Documentation, Data Visualization, Design, Web Project Management, Product Design, Product Development, Client-side, Browsers, UI Engineering, SaaS, CI/CD Pipelines, Payment APIs, User Interface Engineering (UIE), Spotify, Point of Sale, Inventory Management
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