Professional profile
A web developer and problem solver.
Building React/Node.js architectures that are maintainable, evolvable, reusable, testable, scalable, secure, performant, cloud native, integrated, fault tolerant, accessible, SEO-friendly, user-friendly, pixel perfect, mobile-friendly, cross-browser and cross-platform enabled and fit for purpose.
Qrious Ltd./Spark New Zealand Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand
Front End Engineer
Aug 2020–Present
Building web applications and platforms using a mix of front- and back-end technologies and programming languages.
Writing quality code and following software engineering best practices.
TypeScript, React, Node.js, Next.js, Single-page applications; SCSS, CSS modules; GraphQL, MS SQL, Prisma ORM
Microsoft Azure, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines
Docker, Kubernetes, Helm; Twilio SendGrid, Spark eTXT; IoT; Functional programming
Pixel Fusion Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand
Front End Engineer
Jan 2017–Aug 2020
Focusing on React/Redux front ends, Node.js back ends, build pipelines, and cloud deployments. Designing and developing integrations with third-party services.
Following software engineering best practices (maintainability, reusability, testability, and scalability) with security, performance, accessibility, and SEO in mind.
JavaScript, TypeScript, ES6, ESNext, React, Redux, React Hooks, Vue.js, Single-page applications, Node.js, Express, Server-side rendering; Webpack, Gulp; CSS, PostCSS, JSS/CSS-in-JS, Atomic Design
AWS, Amazon Cognito, Serverless, Google Cloud, CI/CD, Docker, Jenkins, BitBucket, GitHub
Test-driven development, Unit testing; SEO, Schema.org, Web accessibility, Cross-browser testing
Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar; Squarespace, Shopify
Goodfolk Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand
Front End Developer
Aug–Nov 2016
Implementing interactive UI components for the web.
Developing websites and responsive email templates for key clients.
JavaScript, jQuery, Angular.js; CSS, SASS, Bootstrap; Gulp, Grunt
Atomic design libraries; Marketo marketing platform
Auckland University of Technology
Graduate Diploma in Computer and Information Sciences (BS)
Feb–Dec 2016
Moscow State University
Specialist Diploma in Bioengineering and Bioinformatics (MS)
Sep 2010–June 2015
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Feb 2021
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services Certified Cloud Practitioner
Jan 2021
Semantic Web Company (SWC)/PoolParty Academy
Knowledge Engineering Training
Jan 2021
Semantic Web Company (SWC)/PoolParty Academy
Semantic Integration Training
Jan 2021
Semantic Web Company (SWC)/PoolParty Academy
Semantic Web Training
Jan 2021
Cisco Networking Academy
Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA)
Jun 2016
Genome Browser
2021–Present
An online tool for exploring the human genome.
React, TypeScript, CSS, Data visualization
RDF Graph Editor
2021–Present
A web-based tool for creating and sharing RDF graphs.
RDF, Semantic Web, Schema.org, Google Knowledge Graph API
Math Editor
2021–Present
A WYSIWYG editor for mathematical formulas.
SVG, HTML5 Canvas, Clipboard API, TeX, KaTeX
Simple Text Editor
2021–Present
A browser-based plaintext file editor.
File System Access API, Web Share API, Clipboard API
Database for Event Sourcing
2021–Present
A storage for event-sourced systems.
Event sourcing, CQRS, JS sandbox
Database for RDF
2021–Present
A service for authoring, enriching, and querying structured data.
RDF, SPARQL, Turtle, Wikidata, Federated querying
Weather
2021–Present
A web-based weather app.
IP geolocation, OpenWeatherMap API
Compass
2021–Present
An app that turns your phone into a compass.
Device Motion and Orientation API
Messenger
2021–Present
A lightweight web chat app that allows users to communicate through instant messaging and make audio and video calls.
WebRTC, WebSockets, Media Capture and Streams API
Eckher Insights
2020–Present
A place where I often write about semantic and graph technologies, machine learning, and software engineering in general.
Ask me anything
2020–Present
A question answering engine based on an RDF* knowledge base.
Omnibox, Autocompletion, Predictive typing
Parametric Type Foundry
2019–Present
A directory of parametric fonts that allows the user to preview the generated fonts and add them to their sites using CSS.
Web typography, FontForge
Haecht
2020–Present
A language learning app that allows users to acquire new vocabulary by listening to bilingual playlists.
Web Audio API, reCAPTCHA
My Sequences
2019–Present
A digital repository for personal genetic information made to provide users with fresh insights from their DNA.
Cofactor
2017–Present
An entity aggregator for people, places, and things.
Structured data, Schema.org, Google Knowledge Graph API
Phonetically
2019–Present
A neural grapheme-to-phoneme model trained to transcribe English words into IPA pronunciations.
Machine learning, Tensorflow, Recurrent neural networks, Python
Te Reo Maps
2019–Present
An interactive mapping service in which all labels on the map are translated into te reo Māori.
Transcript Maps
2019–Present
An interactive mapping service that renders pronunciations of the names of countries directly on the map.
Mapbox GL JS, Mapbox rich text styles