Laravel developer, currently at Fusions PIM and contributing to the Laravel framework in my spare time.
Summary
Most of my framework PRs started as real problems I hit at work. A lot of them around queues, which get a proper workout on the platform I work on day to day.
Experience
- Software Developer, Fusions PIM
- Working on a large Laravel platform used by one of the UK's biggest supermarkets, much of it around queues.
- Led our move to Laravel Cloud, which I wrote about here.
- Software Developer, Cloud Construct
- Lead developer on an asset finance platform, plus Laravel and Shopify work for agency clients.
- Director & Head of Development, Polytech IT
- Led a small development team and built web and mobile apps, including one with 10,000+ users.
- Web Developer, Johnson Test Papers
- Websites, e-commerce and in-house systems, plus a bespoke mobile app for the NHS.
- Data Analyst & Web Developer (Apprentice), Halesowen College
- Where it started: internal systems, reporting and my first steps into PHP.
Open source
I contribute to open source in my spare time, mostly the Laravel framework. I also maintain laravel-dom-assertions and chip in across the wider Laravel ecosystem. It's all on GitHub.
Skills
PHP, Laravel, Livewire, Pest and MySQL. Also Vue, React, React Native, Python and AWS.
Education
- HNC, Computing and Systems Development 2017
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma, Software & Games Development 2015
Say hello
Not currently looking. Always up for a chat about Laravel though, or anything genuinely interesting, at [email protected].