Dan Jordan

Email: dan@dan-jordan.co.uk

Software developer with over 15 years experience building and maintaining performant web applications. Excellent communication and client liaison skills with a meticulous approach to working. Enthusiastic about modern web development practises and innovations.

Work history

Mindera, Leicester

Front-end Developer - August 2018 – Present

Skills: JavaScript, React, Redux, Jest, Git, Agile, AWS

Worked with both remote and local agile teams to implement front-end features for high end fashion and home furnishings eCommerce clients. Contributed to a number of microservices built with AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS and SNS. Most notably, a service that provides estimated delivery dates for products and orders.

Wrote tests for both back-end and front-end features and performed code review and mentorship for developers in my team and other teams. Helped advance front-end practices by volunteering for a working group dedicated to improving the developer and user experience of the customer-facing website.

As part of the agile process, contributed to daily stand-ups, planning sessions and retrospective meetings to continually improve our ways of working.

Signature Digital Studios, Wigston

Web Developer - May 2011 – August 2018

Skills: JavaScript, React, Redux, Jest, PHP, Laravel, MySQL, AWS, Git

Initially employed to work on PhoneGap applications for Android and iOS before advancing to building and maintaining JavaScript applications with ReactJS, and later collaborated with a telecommunications company to build a Node.js application that integrated with their telephone payment system.

Developed PHP applications for large multinational pharmaceutical companies, including administrative systems, external API integration and RESTful APIs for consumption by iOS applications.

Impact Web Solutions, Leicester

Web Developer - May 2009 – May 2011

Skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Web Performance, Magento, Photoshop, Client support

Built brochure websites in an open source PHP CMS using the Smarty templating language and I introduced performance testing of websites to increase page load speeds using YSlow and Google Page Speed. Used Photoshop to improve images and site assets for both performance and visibility.

Experience with Magento platform to create templates for eCommerce sites. Developed customer liaison and client support skills, including using Basecamp for project management.

Caged Fish Web Design, Market Harborough

Junior Web Developer - June 2007 – May 2009

Skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Prototypejs, jQuery, Email templates, ASP, Actinic

Converting Photoshop designs into WordPress, Actinic and static templates using HTML, CSS and JavaScript to enhance usability of the sites. Writing PHP within WordPress to add additional features to the admin panel. Creation of email marketing templates, including a system built in ASP to send emails to a mailing list.

Education

Keele University, Staffordshire

September 2005 – May 2007

Robert Smyth School, Market Harborough

2001 – 2005

Interests

I am passionate about music and regularly attend live shows. In addition to this, I have played basketball for many years, most recently in the local Leicestershire league, as well as taking a keen interest in the British league where I am a season ticket holder at the Leicester Riders.