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Graham Swan, Software Developer in Edmonton, AB, Canada
Graham Swan

Software Developer in Edmonton, AB, Canada

Member since November 21, 2013
Graham is a skilled and enthusiastic full-stack developer. He enjoys problem solving, automating processes, and writing well-tested code. He has worked with clients all over the world for over ten years.
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Portfolio

  • Dissolve
    JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Nginx, Sidekiq, Redis, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR)...
  • P'unk Avenue
    JavaScript, CSS, HTML, MySQL, Symfony, PHP
  • EMC Corporation
    Bash Scripting, XML-RPC, Python

Experience

Location

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Ruby on Rails (RoR)

The most amazing...

...application I've built is a system for generating university schedules for students based on time preferences and professor ratings.

Employment

  • Software Engineer

    2013 - 2014
    Dissolve
    • Built an eCommerce application for selling stock video.
    • Led the front-end portion of the project using Foundation Framework.
    • Implemented a system for emailing customer invoices.
    • Implemented a cross-device video player for delivering video previews to all browsers and mobile devices.
    • Wrote unit tests and integration tests for all features and bug fixes.
    Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Nginx, Sidekiq, Redis, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby

  • Software Engineering Intern

    2011 - 2011
    P'unk Avenue
    • Wrote API connectors for Apostrophe, an in-context CMS product built on the Symfony framework.
    • Integrated a medical application with Twilio, enabling patients without computers to report their daily measurements for various studies by phone.
    • Built an application for planning bike trips around Philadelphia using drag-n-drop capabilities in Google Maps.
    • Helped set up a continuous integration testing environment using Jenkins.
    • Built several client sites using provided designs.
    Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, MySQL, Symfony, PHP

  • Software Engineering Intern

    2010 - 2010
    EMC Corporation
    • Worked on an internal testing framework.
    • Built a performance tool that ran millions of I/O tests on servers spread across data centers all over the world.
    • Installed new server racks to expand the company's on-site storage capacity.
    • Trained new employees in server rack installation and setup.
    • Received a performance award for automating the company's performance test cases.
    Technologies: Bash Scripting, XML-RPC, Python

  • Software Engineering Intern

    2009 - 2009
    Pason Systems
    • Worked on DataHub, a large database-driven application built on the Pylons framework.
    • Built a library that enabled customers to download financial reports in PDF format.
    • Built a tool for downloading and scrubbing live data to bring into the development environment.
    • Wrote unit tests and integration tests for all features and bug fixes.
    Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, MySQL, Pylons, Python

Experience

  • Greycroft Partners | Freelance (Development)
    https://www.greycroft.com/

    A website built for a North American venture capital firm headquartered in New York City.

  • iNovia Capital | Freelance (Development)
    https://inovia.vc/

    A website built for a North American venture capital firm headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

  • Minesweeper Flags | Private Startup (Development)

    Helped build a Minesweeper game for Android that handled networked games through a Rails API. After 13,000 players, 69,000 games played, and 3.6 million moves logged, our team of two graduated from university and each went our own way.

  • PlanHero | Private startup (Development)

    Helped build a Rails app to make it easier to plan events, choose dates and venues, and handle payments. After one year and successfully transacting several thousand dollars, our team of five graduated from university and moved onto bigger and better things.

Skills

  • Languages

    JavaScript, CSS, HTML, CoffeeScript, Ruby, PHP, Python, Java

  • Frameworks

    Redux, Bootstrap, ZURB Foundation, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Capybara, Symfony, Pylons

  • Libraries/APIs

    React, Backbone.js, jQuery, Node.js, Sidekiq

  • Paradigms

    Agile Software Development

  • Platforms

    WordPress

  • Other

    Software Development, Bash Scripting

  • Tools

    RSpec, Nginx, Adobe Photoshop

  • Storage

    MySQL, PostgreSQL, XML-RPC, MongoDB, Redis

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering
    2006 - 2012
    University of Alberta - Edmonton, Canada

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