About Me
Hi! I'm Rory, and I am a web developer based in London.
Recently I've worked for a number of exciting start ups such as CarbonRe and evroc, as well as high profile broadcast companies like the BBC and Sky Broadcasting.
I have 9 years experience working with Reactive frameworks such as React and Svelte, and over 15 years experience working in Web Development in general
For me, the best kind of work environment is an exciting and fast paced one.
Scroll down if you want to learn more about me, or feel free to reach out if you want to get in touch!
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Key Skills
Frontend Technologies
- React: 8 years
- Redux: 3.5 years
- Svelte: 1 years
- SvelteKit: 1 years
- Node JS: 4.5 years
- JavaScript/Typescript: 10 years
- JSS: 8 years
- SCSS: 7 years
- CSS: 15 years
- Tailwind CSS: 1 years
- Storybook: 3 years
Backend Languages
- Ruby: 1 years
- GraphQL: 2 years
- MongoDB: 2.5 years
- PHP: 3.5 years
Cloud Services and Hosting Providers
- AWS (Amazon Web Services): 2.5 years
- GCP (Google Cloud Platform): 1 years
- evroc Cloud Services: 1 years
Non Technical Skills
- Line Management: 3 years
- Technical Leadership: 3 years
- Product Ownership: 1 years
History
evroc
Swedish-based technology company building and operating Europe’s first fully sovereign hyperscale cloud and AI services platform
Lead Front End Engineer
April 2025 - May 2026 (1 year)
- Svelte
- SvelteKit
- NodeJS
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Tailwind CSS
- evroc Cloud Services
- Technical Leadership
- Line Management
- Product Ownership
Full Stack Development and technical leadership for the public facing front end of an ambitious start up. In this role I owned the codebase for the front end and managed a team of developers and designers. As the product owner of the console, I was also working closely with senior management within the company.
CarbonRe (Gigaton)
An industrial climate-tech company that uses machine learning to help energy-intensive, hard-to-abate sectors—such as cement reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and operational costs.
Senior Front End Engineer
September 2022 to March 2025 (2.5 years)
- React
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- JSS
- CSS
- AWS
In this role I built the console, which is client facing web product for CarbonRe (now Gigaton). The console consists of a series of dashboards and controls that allow our users to monitor and adjust the affect of our products on their cement plants. Working in this role required me to work closely with machine learning engineers, sales and senior managers within the business.
Hummingbird Technologies
A London-based Machine Learning and remote-sensing agricultural technology startup
Lead Front End Engineer
November 2020 to August 2022 (2 years)
- React
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- JSS
- CSS
- SCSS
- GCP
- Storybook
- GraphQL
As the manager of the Front End team I was leading the development of the front end product and worked closely with senior stakeholers and the Machine Learning team.
Tempo
A recruitment platform and technology startup company
Senior Developer / Lead Front End Developer
June 2017 to October 2020 (3.5 years)
- React
- Redux
- NodeJS
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- CSS
- SCSS
- Storybook
- GraphQL
Lead the development of the production ready version of the Front End product for Tempo. I was also the development lead for UI library
Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver's official website servers as a hub for recipes, promotional events and an online marketplace
Senior Developer / Lead Front End Developer
January 2016 to December 2016 (1 year)
- JavaScript
- CSS
- PHP
Front end developer for the main website, contributing to features and improving code quality. Lead the development of Jamie's Food revolution for 2016
Sky Broadcasting
Europe's largest media company and pay-TV broadcaster by revenue
Senior Developer
May 2013 to July 2015 (2 years)
- JavaScript
- CSS
- Ruby
Leading front end development for the My Sky team. Building new features and dashboards to support customer management
Betfair
A major online gaming company
Web Developer
May 2012 to May 2013 (1 year)
- JavaScript
- CSS
- Ruby
Desktop and Mobile developer for Betfair homepage
BBC
The United Kingdom's primary national public service broadcaster
Web Developer
December 2009 to April 2012 (2.5 years)
- JavaScript
- CSS
- PHP
Full stack developer contributing features for the BBC food and BBC Recipe binder websites. Development lead of mobile Olympic torch relay site. Interim team leas for mobile BBC Sport 2012 site.