Paul Redmond
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Paul is a front-end software engineer specializing in single-page applications and web development. He excels at creating exemplary accessible user experiences and front-end architecture. Paul has worked with JavaScript ES6+, HTML5/CSS3, JSS, React, Redux, Material-UI, Jest, and React Testing Library.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Emacs, Front-end, Node.js, React
The most amazing...
...thing I've done was to create the header, weather, accounts, subscriptions, functionality, and video for the Irish Times.
Work Experience
Senior UI Developer
OneView Healthcare
- Worked on an admin single-page application (SPA) for managing the residents' health.
Lead UI Developer
UBiqube
- Built a dynamic single-page application (SPA) in React.
Front-end Engineer (Contract)
AXA
- Developed React-based insurance forms.
Senior Software Engineer
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Built educational tools for students.
Senior UX Developer (Contract)
Citigroup
- Built template components in a framework to be used by Citi application team developers.
- Acted as the technical team lead and managed an agile/scrum environment.
- Provided application team support.
- Liaised with UX designers to theme our framework.
- Managed and guided junior UX developers to keep our standards high.
Contract UI Developer
The Irish Times
- Assessed reported front-end bugs and provided hot fixes.
- Build new site components on The Irish Times website- weather, subscriptions, myAccount, and more.
- Worked with product and management to provide guidance and solutions to requested functionality.
- Built bespoke templates and styling for yearly events which changed the main site, e.g., major sporting or holiday events.
- Created advertiser microsites, including one that won the award: "Best Public Life [government, charity and nonprofit] Award" for the Trócaire interactive story.
Front-end Developer
Kooba Online
- Worked on numerous front-end builds creating designs and writing code.
- Created the front-end of some sites and integrated the ExpessionEngine which provided a completed product for the client.
- Worked on bespoke JavaScript components for different sites.
- Worked on two sites that won awards at the Irish Web Awards: Century Ireland & Barnardos.
- Communicated directly with clients over requirement changes and CMS training.
Front-end Developer
Web Together
- Created the wireframing and design.
- Converted PSDs/AIs to HTML.
- Worked on ExpressionEngine templating.
- Communicated with clients.
- Added a JavaScript interactivity.
Experience
The Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/Skills
Languages
HTML5, CSS3, Less, Sass, JavaScript, Java, PHP, TypeScript
Frameworks
Material UI, Bootstrap, .NET, Redux
Libraries/APIs
React, jQuery, Node.js, Fabric
Tools
Trello, Adobe Creative Suite, Slack, Sublime Text, JSS, Emacs
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD), Agile Software Development, UI Design, Mobile Design, Model View Controller (MVC)
Platforms
MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Windows, WordPress
Industry Expertise
Photography
Other
User Experience (UX), Software Development, Interaction Design (IxD), Accessibility, Front-end, ExpressionEngine
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree (First Class) in Computer Engineering
Edinburgh Napier University - Edinburgh, Scotland
Multimedia Production Certificate in Computer Engineering
Ballyfermot College - Dublin, Ireland
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