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Gledsley Müller, Responsive UI Developer in Toronto, ON, Canada
Gledsley Müller

Responsive UI Developer in Toronto, ON, Canada

Member since December 10, 2019
Gledsley is a front-end developer with a decade of experience working with FIFA, Bayer, ArcelorMittal, Casillero del Diablo, Gallo Family, Barefoot, Cinzano, and Honda. While he specializes in WordPress and Drupal—most recently focusing on Vue.js and React—he’s worked with a range of platforms, frameworks, and libraries. Gledsley is very detail-oriented, which puts him in good stead for pixel-perfect builds, semantic HTML, UX, and SEO projects.
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Experience

Location

Toronto, ON, Canada

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Figma, Jira, Balsamiq, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC

The most amazing...

...product I've developed was an award-winning personal pet assistant mobile app called Pet Life.

Employment

  • Software Engineer Consultant

    2019 - PRESENT
    Top Alerting
    • Built a financial web app using React and interfaced it with a custom API for stock markets and Forex leveraging service workers to deliver notifications with predefined alerts.
    • Developed a mobile app for Android and iOS which leveraged NativeScript to handle all predefined alerts of the main platform.
    • Refactored a brochure website as a progressive web app using Gatsby (React) and GraphQL to improve the website's performance.
    Technologies: Linux, jQuery, Functional Programming, Sketch, Jamstack, Docker Compose, Agile Software Development, HTML5, Responsive UI, NativeScript, GraphQL, Gatsby, React, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD)

  • Software Engineer | Founder

    2017 - PRESENT
    Agência de Web Design LAVA
    • Refactored a monolithic Laravel media website using PWA technologies (service workers, offline caching, and so on) to improve UX and current performance.
    • Rebuilt a portfolio as a PWA blog and leveraged Gatsby (React) and GraphQL to improve current performance.
    • Created a news aggregator website using IBM Watson's natural language understanding (AI) to preprocess data and help the editorial team. This website will be built with Nuxt.js (Vue.js) and DevOps will use Netlify, leveraging the strongest points of JAMstack.
    • Constructed a Facebook messenger bot with vanilla JavaScript to assist with common user requests and conversations for a Facebook group.
    • Developed a progressive web app for a retailer’s marketplace using Nuxt.js (Vue.js) interfacing with a WordPress API as a headless CMS.
    Technologies: MongoDB, Linux, jQuery, Functional Programming, Sketch, Netlify, Jamstack, Docker Compose, Cypress, MariaDB, D3.js, Agile Software Development, Scripted Animation (JavaScript), User Experience (UX), HTML5, Responsive UI, Progressive Web Applications (PWA), PWA, WordPress, Nuxt.js, Vue, GraphQL, Gatsby, React, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD)

  • Lead Front-end Web Developer

    2014 - 2019
    Energy House Digital
    • Implemented automation to our development workflow using Gulp.js which allowed CSS pre- and post-processing, images, styles and scripts compression, live reload, and browser-sync—ultimately decreasing the time spent on projects' initial setup and development.
    • Consumed RESTful APIs and added dynamic content to static and dynamic websites with JavaScript.
    • Developed a hybrid eLearning system using Vue.js and Laravel—providing a simple and dynamic CMS for the client as well as students.
    • Mentored and managed other developers by promoting code review as a means of improving the team's technical capabilities.
    • Introduced Git (GitLab and GitHub) version control for all the projects—improving code maintainability and allowing code reviews.
    • Implemented Agile methodologies and planned sprints using Jira and Trello to manage all developers, designers, account managers in the company—improving speed, communication, and organization among all teams (eight months as a project manager).
    Technologies: Linux, Sketch, Drupal 8, Agile Software Development, Scripted Animation (JavaScript), User Experience (UX), Responsive UI, Laravel, Drupal, WordPress, MariaDB, MySQL, PHP, Vue, Gulp, jQuery, JavaScript, Sass, CSS, HTML, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD)

  • Head of Academy and Instructor

    2016 - 2017
    EHD Academy
    • Managed the creation of all courses and workshops using Trello and agile methodologies to keep track of all the curricula other instructors were creating.
    • Created collateral brochures using Sketch and Photoshop to promote all courses and workshops.
    • Created a promotional video for the IoT course using iMovie and After Effects to promote more engagement of potential students.
    • Created and delivered a hands-on front-end course using AWS Cloud9 Amazon Web Services, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Photoshop, and Sketch.
    Technologies: Linux, jQuery, Sketch, HTML5, Responsive UI, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design (RWD)

  • Senior Front-end Web Developer

    2013 - 2014
    Energy House Digital
    • Introduced Sass preprocessing into the development workflow—ultimately speeding the development time up.
    • Consumed RESTful APIs by adding dynamic content to static and dynamic websites with JavaScript (mainly jQuery).
    • Mentored and managed a front-end intern and a front-end developer and promoted code review as a means of improving the team's technical capabilities.
    • Developed dynamic and mobile-first WordPress and Drupal custom themes using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, MySQL, and MariaDB.
    Technologies: Linux, Sketch, Drupal 7, Agile Software Development, Scripted Animation (JavaScript), User Experience (UX), HTML5, Responsive UI, Drupal, WordPress, MariaDB, MySQL, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, Sass, CSS, HTML

  • Front-end Web Developer

    2010 - 2013
    Energy House Digital
    • Created WordPress custom themes using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, and MySQL.
    • Developed dynamic HTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript websites.
    • Constructed email marketing pieces using Fireworks, HTML, and CSS.
    Technologies: Linux, Drupal 7, User Experience (UX), HTML5, Responsive UI, WordPress, MySQL, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Experience

  • Pet Life App
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppAiON1-IVE

    I developed a helpful Ionic app that enabled pet owners to link with their local vet, store important details, add petcare product reminders, track weight, etc.

    While at EHD, I worked as the main front-end developer during the first version of the app while working closely with the back-end developers responsible for the RESTful API. On the second iteration of the development, I worked as the project manager and was responsible for planning sprints, QA, and releases.

  • Bayer Vet Centre
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YM1zmZHMo

    A massive TeamSite-based web app combining several Bayer product websites, bringing standardized information, resources and an eCommerce-like platform for vet practices and personnel.

    I worked as the main front-end developer for the first and second versions of the platform while working closely with back-end developers. I also worked as the project manager for nine months planning sprints, QA, and releases.

    This project was done while at EHD.

  • Diabetes Knowledge in Practice

    An eLearning platform that brings several types of content and tests about diabetes for healthcare professionals. The projects were built with Laravel and Vue.js.

    I was the main front-end developer who worked closely with the back-end developers.

    This project was done while at EHD.

  • Funding Invoice
    https://fundinginvoice.com/

    I created a custom WordPress theme to present and convert new clients for this startup.

    I was the sole developer for this project and was responsible for the front end as well as the back end. This theme features custom post types and a customized invoice financing calculator.

    This project was done while at EHD.

Skills

  • Languages

    HTML, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, SCSS, Sass, TypeScript, PHP, GraphQL

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, Node.js, Vue, React, D3.js

  • Paradigms

    Responsive Layout, Responsive, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Agile Software Development, Jamstack, Prototype-based OOP, Functional Programming

  • Platforms

    iOS, Drupal, WordPress, Netlify, MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Drupal 7, Drupal 8, Docker, Linux

  • Other

    Web UI, PSD Slicing, PSD to HTML, PSD to WordPress, Sketch to HTML, Sketch to WordPress, Responsive UI, User Interface (UI), Gatsby, Web UX, Google SEO, CSS3 Animation, Scripted Animation (JavaScript), User Experience (UX), PWA, Progressive Web Applications (PWA)

  • Tools

    Jira, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Gulp, Sublime Text, Git, Adobe Illustrator, Vagrant, Docker Compose, Figma, Terminal, Balsamiq, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC

  • Frameworks

    NativeScript, Nuxt.js, Express.js, Cypress, Laravel, Jest, Ionic

  • Storage

    MariaDB, MongoDB, MySQL

Education

  • Master's Degree in Science Teaching
    2007 - 2009
    Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil
  • Bachelor's Degree in Biosciences
    2001 - 2005
    Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

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