Louis G.

Louis G.

Senior Fullstack Developer

Exmouth, United Kingdom
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About Me

Louis is a Senior Fullstack Developer building high-quality solutions focused on reproducibility and scalability - working with Rails on the backend for its conventions and simplicity and React for its more powerful interactive functionality. He delivers rich client-side experiences and writes clean, elegant Ruby on Rails code that optimizes queries to ensure that solutions are high performing and satisfying.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Fullstack Developer
2023 - Present (1 year)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative fullstack software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Ordaloca
Ordaloca
Technical Lead
2020 - Present (4 years)
Exmouth, United Kingdom
  • Led the Ordaloca team to design, build, and implement a local commerce platform - delivering mobile and web solutions.

  • Deployed a GCP-based DevOps solution using GKE and efficient CI/CD workflows to maximize performance.

  • Built and executed a GraphQL API for data querying on the Ordaloca platform.

Realla
Realla
Lead Developer
2015 - 2022 (7 years)
Remote
  • Provided solutions to improve integration processes with Costar and LoopNet APIs post-acquisition.

  • Devised strategies to boost organic SEO on the project with enhanced web vitals that serve web pages and assets in > 2s.

  • Built new marketplace multi-channel lead generation tools to track phone leads and maintain consistent channel tracking.

The Beer Cow
The Beer Cow
CTO
2015 - 2022 (7 years)
Exeter, United Kingdom
  • Designed and executed a modern, interactive e-commerce website for TheBeerCow.

  • Worked on setting up, building, and deploying the Shopify store on the project with custom themes.

  • Developed custom apps on the Shopify-based website to manage craft beer stocks for subscription members in a Docker containerized environment.

Immersify
Immersify
CTO
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Exmouth, United Kingdom
  • Designed, built, and maintained the Immersify sponsor-based fundraising platform with all its features and functionalities.

  • Interfaced with users to address all performance bugs on the platform as part of regular customer support rotation.

  • Documented feature and functionality components in a style guide to help drive consistency on the solution for the team.

Artirix
Artirix
Senior Applications Developer
2011 - 2015 (4 years)
Devon, United Kingdom
  • Led teams to take on dev efforts across the fullstack to deliver high-quality solutions on time and within budget.

  • Coordinated different projects, created documentation, leveraged programming frameworks, and applied best practices to solutions.

  • Captured client requirements and translated them into technical approaches and designs for implementations on projects.

VideoJug
VideoJug
Software Developer
2010 - 2011 (1 year)
United Kingdom
  • Built and maintained secure, reliable software solutions across all phases of the software dev lifecycle within VideoJug.

  • Implemented new features and provided user-focused enhancements for different digital products.

  • Supported team members in developing and implementing multiple dev tasks and client deliverables on projects.

Health Protection Agency
Health Protection Agency
Software Consultant
2010 - 2010
United Kingdom
  • Designed and implemented a web app to help the Health Protection Agency investigate legionellosis outbreaks.

  • Developed and released new features for enhanced performance on the web application.

  • Maintained the web app, triaged bugs, and resolved complex defects.

Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House
Web Developer
2008 - 2008
Remote
  • Designed, developed, and implemented subtitle components on a full-length video webcast for ROH.

  • Developed custom ASP.NET server controls to enhance the performance and scalability of the relaunched website.

  • Troubleshot and debugged complex software defects in solutions.

Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Software Developer
2008 - 2008
United Kingdom
  • Worked on solutions to design and deliver a new intranet website built with Ruby on Rails for Amnesty.

  • Integrated the intranet with LDAP, Active Directory, Domino, Basecamp, and Postini API.

  • Gathered requirements to implement the core features with end-users in mind.

Sportismo
Sportismo
Lead Developer
2007 - 2009 (2 years)
United Kingdom
  • Developed cutting-edge solutions to maximize the performance and scalability of a new Ruby on Rails-based social network.

  • Wrote and executed modifiable, efficient, fault-tolerant, and reusable code for the solution.

  • Provided support using formal specifications to fix defects and resolve bugs with the application.

Portfolio

Technical Lead - Ordaloca
Technical Lead - Ordaloca

Designed and built Ordaloca, an innovative near-commerce platform with tools for small businesses to operate digitally and a search and discovery feature for local communities to find products and services nearby. Selected technologies, established best practices, delivered mobile apps, and built the CI/CD workflows.

Lead Developer - Realla
Lead Developer - Realla

Led the Realla dev team to design, develop, implement, and maintain the Realla commercial property marketplace app - working with the team to iterate, prototype, and scale the solution before acquisition by LoopNet. Implemented 3rd-party APIs with the platform and provided post-acquisition support.

CTO - TheBeerCow
CTO - TheBeerCow

Produced a new Shopify-based e-commerce platform for a Mexican craft beer shop - implementing shop and box subscription features and custom apps to enhance stock management on the website. Built the solution with Shopify and Ruby on Rails.

Education

BSc. Geography
BSc. Geography
King's College London
1994 - 1997 (3 years)