Paul McBride

• Managed a team of developers and fostered a culture of continuous integration
• Reduced initial bundle size by 80% and initial page load times by several seconds
• Migrated a legacy app from Backbone to React and Next.js
• Maintained and extended a complex app split across multiple services

• Developed a platform that automated the booking of locum pharmacist shifts
• Created and supported a multi-platform React Native app
• Designed and built an in-house app to allow customer support to troubleshoot with users

• Maintained and extended a React Native app designed to help young people save money
• Built out automated testing for both the React Native app and the API server

• Delivered dozens of client projects on time and on budget to a high standard
• Upgraded frontend tool chain to improve developer productivity across the whole team

• Created HTML templates for client websites and emails
• Upgraded exisiting client websites to use response CSS

WeCode NI is a side project that has become a successful business. It is a job board where companies in Northern Ireland can advertise their vacancies. I began designing and building the platform in early 2018 and have been working on it ever since.

Egghead is an online platform that helps developers learn new tools and technologies. I was invited to become an instructor in 2018 and now regularly make instructional video courses that are viewed by thousands of developers each month.