Shelter

Shelter

Before

Shelter

After

Technologies

  • Javascript
  • NodeJS
  • React
  • Gatsby
  • Contentful
  • GraphQL
  • Styled Components
  • Semantic HTML
  • Responsive Design
  • Search Engine Optimisation
  • Accessibility Standards
  • Axe, Pa11y
  • Storybook
  • Chromatic
  • LightHouse
  • Yup
  • Jest + Enzyme
  • Google Tag Manager
  • CircleCI
  • Github
  • Github Actions
  • Figma
  • Jira
  • Confluence

Experience

  • Worked in a cross-functional Agile team to rebuild Shelter's website using modern technologies, optimising performance and accessibility to deliver faster page loads for 7 million annual visitors and significantly improve access for disabled users
  • Collaborated with UX and design teams to develop a reusable component library, improving efficiency, consistency and accessibility compliance across the organisation
  • Championed accessibility compliance, including the introduction of team accessibility guidelines and automated accessibility testing tools
  • Delivered clean, modular, unit-tested code both on the front-end and back-end, and upheld coding standards and codebase maintainability through regular code reviews and contributions to team documentation
  • Line-managed junior members of the team, holding regular one-to-one meetings and developed their skills through pair programming sessions
  • Analysed team processes and implemented strategies for improved workflows, including the introduction of automated tools to reduce team performance bottlenecks, accelerating task completion and enhancing overall delivery times