Mark Battersby
Verified Expert in Engineering
Rails Developer
Mark is a talented Rails developer who built a high-performing application from initial discovery to market in less than one year. As the tech lead at an agency, he delivered an app that quickly turned into one of the most successful in the state of Rhode Island. He is exceptionally good at directing architecture and breaking up complex components into well-tested units that can be scaled. Mark has a high standard for code quality and brings elegant solutions to projects that excel.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Slack, Zeplin, Ruby, Elixir, React, JavaScript, Sublime Text
The most amazing...
...project I've built is dtour.life—from initial discovery to market with a tiny team and an extremely high standard for code quality.
Work Experience
Vice President of Engineering
dtour.life
- Acted as engineering lead during the initial discovery, resulting in a proposed market fit, technical estimates, and a pitch deck with which the CEO raised $1.2 million in four months.
- Took on the role of vice president of engineering and began transitioning from a consultancy-based to fully-internal team of highly skilled, fast-moving engineers. Within a year, our tiny, efficient team had launched the expansive product to market.
- Directed the architecture of the application, breaking up complex components into small, well-tested units on both the front and back ends. These units have scaled by orders of magnitude with very few bugs and nearly no regressions.
- Utilized simple, functional principles and best practices to maintain a highly legible codebase, allowing for the easy onboarding of new engineers.
Developer
MojoTech
- Worked with many small and large clients such as Aetna and Sendgrid, quickly integrating with their internal employees to augment the team and provide high-velocity development.
- Acted as tech lead. Trained and mentored new developers and introduced new technologies to the larger team.
- Built several new projects from scratch, in one case taking a small family-owned, paper receipt, and telephone-based business and digitizing their model. With this new web app, they became the fastest growing business in the state of Rhode Island.
Experience
dtour.life
http://www.dtour.lifeSkills
Languages
CSS, HTML, JavaScript, GraphQL, Elixir, TypeScript, Ruby, Python, Go
Frameworks
Material UI, Redux, Bootstrap, React Native, Phoenix, Ruby on Rails (RoR), AngularJS, Angular
Libraries/APIs
React, Lodash, Node.js, React Redux, Backbone.js, Backbone.Marionette, D3.js, Marionette.js
Paradigms
Modular CSS, Agile Software Development, Functional Programming, Test-driven Development (TDD)
Storage
MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL
Industry Expertise
Healthcare, Project Management
Other
Fintech, Apollo, Product Management
Tools
Sublime Text, Zeplin, Slack
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