Edward Walker
Software Developer at Optix Software Ltd
York, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolEdward Walker is a frontend-focused software developer with nine years’ experience building high-performance, user-centric web and cross-platform applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, React and Vue. He has contributed to large-scale SaaS projects and multi-tenant mobile apps, bringing expertise in TDD/BDD, CI/CD, testing (Jest, Cypress, Storybook) and performance optimisation to deliver reliable, maintainable UIs. Comfortable leading agile teams—he has served as Scrum Master—Edward pairs craftsmanship with practical product impact, having rebuilt university sites that doubled engagement and shipped offline-first features for real-world usage. His background in project management and web operations informs a pragmatic approach to tradeoffs between UX, scalability and delivery. Always curious, he maintains a portfolio and active GitHub while continually exploring modern tooling like TanStack libraries, Ionic/Capacitor and Framer Motion to add polish and resilience to interfaces.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Manor C of E School, YorkBachelor of Arts (BA), History, 2:1, Bachelor of Arts (BA), History, 2:1 at Northumbria UniversitySoftware Development, Information Technology, Pass with Merit, Software Development, Information Technology, Pass with Merit at Edinburgh Napier University
Github Skills (7)
python9
kubernetes8
google-places7
openweathermap7
django4
nuxt3
vue3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ed85w/tiny-stompers
Jun 2018 - May 2021
Contributions:72 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 11 months
ed85w/nuxt-weather
May 2020 - Nov 2021
A weather forecast app created using vue.js/nuxt.js and which utilises the Google Places and Openweathermap APIs
Contributions:28 commits, 23 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 6 months
google-placesnuxtopenweathermapvue
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