Hey, I'm Oli ๐Ÿ‘‹

user-centric and product-focused software engineer

Nice to meet you. I'm a passionate, user-centric, product-focused software engineer specialised in frontend development.

I'm currently working at Pleo as a senior Frontend Engineer, building nice frontends and user experiences.

I take pride in building end-to-end solutions through close collaboration with product and users, with a strong focus on user experience and functionality.


Latest articles

Hidden cost of frontend frameworks ๐Ÿ“† 29 August, 2024 โŒ› 7 min read

Skills

These are not exhaustive lists, but give an idea of my profile.

Frontend

Javascript
Typescript
React
Astro
HTMX
Vite
Webpack
Tailwind
React Query
React Router
HTML
CSS
SASS
React Testing Library
Jest
Cypress

Backend

Node
Golang
Express
Postgres
Redis
oAuth

DevOps

Amazon Web Services
Linux
Windows Server
Git
Github Actions
Travis
Docker

Experience

Senior Frontend Developer

Pleo

2025 - Present

Manchester, UK

I am currently building nice frontends and user experiences in Pleo.


Lead Frontend Developer

Adevinta

2019 - 2025

Barcelona, Spain

I led the frontend initiative to evolve and build the in-house built experimentation platform and libraries used across European marketplaces with millions of users.


Web Developer

Discerning Digital

2017 - 2019

Manchester, UK

I worked on a variety of projects from small brochure sites to large scale web applications. I managed the hosting infrastructure for the company and implemented continuous deployment and testing pipelines.


Head of Disaster Recovery

UKFast

2015 - 2017

Manchester, UK

Responsible for the design and implementation of the disaster recovery solutions for the company's enterprise clients and architecting and scaling the backup infrastructure to handle petabytes of data distributed across multiple datacenters.


Senior Windows Server Engineer

UKFast

2013 - 2015

Manchester, UK

Providing support with Windows 2008/2012, Active Directory, Exchange, IIS, VMWare, Hyper-V, MSSQL and basic support on CentOS, Red Hat and Ubuntu servers.


Contact

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