Daniel Brierton
Staff Software Engineer at Raspberry Pi Foundation
Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Brierton is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in rich JavaScript web applications and front-end architecture, currently leading engineering efforts at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He blends deep vanilla JS expertise with frameworks like Backbone and Require, strong automated testing practice (Mocha/Chai/Sinon/PhantomJS/Selenium), and a pragmatic embrace of CI/CD and Scrum to ship reliable user-focused products. Daniel pairs hands-on Linux ops and deployment troubleshooting on Red Hat servers with practical knowledge of Puppet, LVM, KVM and version control, enabling him to bridge dev and ops responsibilities. He has progressed from senior engineer to engineering manager and back to a senior technical role, reflecting both leadership and sustained individual contribution. Known for insisting every developer consider UX, he routinely collaborates with product and design to improve usability and quality. Off-hours humor in his GitHub bio hints at a practical, iterative approach to side projects and continuous learning.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSc in Software Design (Web Development) Software Development Web Development Requirements Engineering Software Testing Software Quality, BSc in Software Design (Web Development) Software Development Web Development Requirements Engineering Software Testing Software Quality at Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone Campus
English
Github Skills (73)
backend10
prismic10
middleware10
gatsby10
gatsby-plugin10
gatsbyjs10
wp-theme10
graphql10
react10
compiler9
security9
persona9
kaios9
raspberry-pi-pico9
frontend9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
RaspberryPiFoundation/sauce-design-system
Jul 2020 - Aug 2023
Contributions:1 release, 8 reviews, 4 PRs in 3 years 1 month
DanielBrierton/vue-dob-picker
Jun 2017 - Nov 2023
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
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