Christopher Dale · Full Stack Engineer & Photographer

Clean code, creative problem solving, and high performance solutions.

Front-end focused, full stack engineer with 8+ years' industry experience building high-performance web applications. I've worked across scale-ups and non-profit teams, from rebuilding ASOS's platform for 20 million users to co-developing Shelter's design system, always focused on clean and performance-optimised solutions that drive meaningful impact.

Following a sabbatical, I founded Nth Dimension Labs, an entrepreneurial venture studio for building and shipping creative and experimental side-projects. My flagship project is Crust Central, a hybrid web app for the global skateboarding community.

When I'm not writing code I'm behind the lens of a camera, shooting skateboard photography and videography. My work is shaped by a lifelong love of skateboarding and visual storytelling.

Engineering Across the Stack

Core Skills

HTML / CSS15+ yrs

JavaScript / NodeJS10+ yrs

React8+ yrs

Jest / Vitest8+ yrs

NextJS4+ yrs

Tailwind CSS4+ yrs

Jotai4+ yrs

Redux3+ yrs

TypeScript2+ yrs

Playwright / Cypress2+ yrs

AI-Driven Development2+ yrs

Further Skills

A11y (WCAG 2.1) UX Responsive UI SEO REST APIs GraphQL Gatsby SQL/ PostgreSQL NoSQL Supabase Contentful CMS ShadCN / Radix Styled Components SCSS WebGL (DeckGL / PixiJS) MapLibre / Mapbox React Query React Hook Form Zod Data Visualisation (D3.js) IndexedDB (DexieJS) Service Workers (Serwist) Storybook Lighthouse Figma CI/CD GitHub Actions Cloudinary Cloudflare CDNs Cloud Deployment Netlify

Nth Dimension Labs

Building Products from Scratch

Featured project · 2023–Present

Crust Central

A hybrid web app for discovering, cataloguing and sharing the rugged terrain of skateboarding spots - commonly referred to as "crust" amongst the skateboarding community. Users explore an interactive WebGL map, browse a media feed, submit their own photographs and videos, all with local-first performance.

Independently completed the full software development lifecycle, from design to delivery, utilising latest web technologies and engineering techniques including AI-driven development.

PWA Offline-First

WebGL Map Rendering

AI Development & Integration

PostGIS Spatial Database

NextJS React NodeJS TypeScript Supabase + PostGIS DeckGL MapLibre Jotai Tailwind ShadCN Gemini AI Zod Serwist DexieJS Cloudinary Cloudflare Upstash Netlify GitHub Actions PostHog Vitest

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Nth Dimension Labs

An entrepreneurial venture studio for building digital products. Founded in 2025.

Founder & Developer

Open to Collaborations

Interested in building something together? I'm available for technical consulting, freelance projects, and engineering roles within high-growth teams.

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Professional Experience

Shelter Senior Front End Engineer July 2019 — Sept 2022

Replatformed Shelter’s website as part of a cross-functional Agile team, delivering significant performance and accessibility improvements to 7 million annual visitors
Championed accessibility compliance, including the introduction of team accessibility guidelines and automated accessibility testing tools
Actively contributed to team technical discussions, analysed team processes and implemented strategies for improved workflows
Collaborated with UX and design teams to co-develop a reusable component library improving efficiency, consistency and accessibility compliance across the organisation
Owned end-to-end project delivery, writing clean, modular, unit-tested code
Upheld team coding standards and codebase maintainability through code reviews and documentation
Line managed and mentored junior team members, accelerating growth and career progression through pair programming sessions and regular 1:1 meetings

ReactJavaScriptStyled ComponentsContentful CMSStorybookJestCypressA11yResponsive UI

ASOS Associate Web Engineer May 2017 — July 2019

Collaborated within a fast-paced, scale-up environment as part of a cross-functional Agile team to replatform the ASOS website, implementing a scalable micro-frontends architecture to deliver performance and scalability improvements for 20 million active users
Worked closely with the UX and design teams, who provided data-driven user insights, to deliver polished, user-centric UI features
Followed TDD practices to deliver clean, modular, unit-tested code and upheld team coding standards and codebase maintainability through regular code reviews
Actively contributed to Agile ceremonies and team technical discussions, analysing team processes and refining stories and acceptance criteria to improve delivery
Mentored junior team members through regular pair programming sessions, contributing directly to a junior developer being promoted

HTMLCSS ModulesReactReduxJavaScriptNodeJSJestCypressMicro-frontendsA/B TestingResponsive UI

BAE Systems Consultant Front End Engineer Sept 2015 — Feb 2017

Delivered front-end expertise across multiple client projects, including greenfield web applications and legacy codebase maintenance and improvements
Communicated clearly and effectively to explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders and translate client needs into technical specifications
Took end-to-end ownership of a data visualisation project, including comprehensive documentation and stakeholder training, enabling rollout across 20 international markets

HTMLSCSSJavaScriptjQueryD3.jsHighchartsResponsive UI

First Utility Front End Engineer June 2013 — Sept 2014

Worked in a cross-functional Agile team to rebuild the First Utility website following a redesign to deliver significantly improved usability and cross device compatibility to users, winning the 2014 Utilities Website of the Year award
Converted wireframes into fully responsive web pages and took ownership of data visualisation projects