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Stuart Quin

experienced developer and technical product lead

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

I am a London based team lead and Android developer JS developer Python developer WP developer
I have over 8 years experience with all things web and mobile.
I would love to hear about your project and discuss how I can help.

SERVICES

Frontend Development

Deliver large scale single-page-apps with AngularJS, Backbone and React. and Chrome Extensions using JS and native client extensions.

Android Development

Full featured native Android application development and Play Store listing management.
Including contact integration, notifications and widgets.

Backend Development

Developing highly scalabable APIs and services
Specialize in creating reliable, high demand services using Python and managing Linux based servers.

Technical Leadership

Managing cross-functional engineering teams.
Take a lead on development efforts and assist co-ordinating product development with stake-holders.

WORK HISTORY

2016

Senior Developer (Consultant)

Kayako, London

Frontend developer specialising in EmberJS. Creating a single page web application that forms the core of Kayako's custom support service used by over 30,000 businesses.

2016

Tech Mentor

Just Add Red, London

Meet weekly with junior developers to share my experience and help grow their careers.
I provide advice and assistance on Django and Wordpress applications across multiple products.

2015

Tech Lead

Skimlinks, London

Lead a team of 7 (5 developers, QA and Data scientist) developing the Skimlinks, Product Information API. The API is a combination of Ruby (legacy) Python (data processing) and Clojure (front end API) with a Postgres database.

2011

Senior Developer

Skimlinks, London

Worked on a range of projects throughout the company including front-end web applications, high performance API’s (3k req/s) using Python and Go and large scale data processing systems using Python and Spark.

2015

Co-founder/Android dev

Bumpapp.co, Remote

Bump is a social reminders app that allows users to send future messages to themselves or friends.
Responsible for design and development of Android App.

EDUCATION HISTORY

2010

Masters of Engineering Computer Science

Queens University, Belfast

Received a 1st Class Honours and prize for highest overall result at level 2 with 96% in Data structures and Algorithms.

PROJECTS

pgcli

github.com/dbcli/pgcli

Postgres CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting.
As a member of the core team I contribute new features and respond to issues and pull requests.

Pass Chrome

github.com/stuartquin/pass-chrome

A Chrome extension for the opensource password manager pass. Makes use of Chrome Native Messaging API to call system functions.

Breakpoint PHP

github.com/stuartquin/breakpoint-php

A more useful var_dump!
Add Breakpoints in PHP, inspect and handle errors with a visual data explorer.

TESTIMONIALS

Terry YoellProxad.com

Stuart has been a pleasure to work with. He has the ability to grasp a concept quickly & add real value in a short space of time.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to fellow colleagues & hope to work with him again in the near future.

John LoganUlster Medical Society

Developed a database specific to the needs of our local medical society in 2009/10, and has modified it as our needs have changed. Stuart has been infinitely patient and ever prompt to respond professionally to new requests even if they reversed old ones, and has offered more suitable alternatives if they existed.