ProfileA software developer able to merge design with the patterns and processes of best-practice software engineering

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Rory CombeSenior Frontend DeveloperDate of birth: 01/11/1981Place of birth: Harare, ZimbabweCitizenship: British & GermanLanguages: English & German

Fischbachauer Str. 6, 81539 MunichWeb: combe.ioEmail: rory@combe.ioPhone: 0176 81634877 

@RoryCombe

RoryCombe

• JavaScript (advanced)

o TypeScript

o React JS

o Redux

o React Native

o Node JS

o Express JS

o GraphQL

• HTML 5 (advanced)

• CSS3/Sass (intermediate)

• C#/.NET (advanced)

• Java (intermediate)

• Python (intermediate)

• Continuous Integration (CI)

• Continuous Delivery (CD)

• Test Driven Development (TDD)

• Scrum/Kanban

• Jira, Trello, BaseCamp

• Git (Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket, Jenkins)

• DevOps

• Docker

• Gitlab Pipelines

• CircleCI

• Phantom JS

• Puppeteer

• Webpack

• NPM

• Jest

• React Testing Library

• Enzyme

• Mocha

• Karma

• Selenium

• Cypress

• Test Cafe

Freelance Projects

Employment Experience

08/2017 - 12/2019 Münchener Hypotheken Bank (MHB), Munich

Senior Frontend Developer• Development of an internal application for the building loan process.

Technologies: React JS, Redux, Twitter Bootstrap, Jest, React Testing Library, Enzyme, Mocha, Karma, REST, Node JS, Phantom JS, Puppeteer, Gitlab Pipelines, YAML, Docker, Selenium, Cypress, TestCafe

02/2016 – 05/2017

(part-time)

Sach Patent Consulting PLC, Munich Full Stack Software Developer

• Development of an automatic patent filing software for submitting international patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO). Technologies: Node JS, Phantom JS, React JS, JSX, Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, AJAX, JSON

12/2015 – 03/2016 Athletes USA, Miami Frontend Developer

• Development of a custom React.js application for the portfolio of athletes. Technologies: React JS, JSX, Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, AJAX, JSON

• Development and optimisation of their Wordpress template. Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, PHP

07/2014 - current

(part-time)

Sidefield GmbH, Munich (https://sidefield.com) CTO & Co-Founder Sidefield is an application for amateur and hobby footballers to better manage their team activities. As CTO and Co-Founder I have been responsible for the full prototyping, conception, implementation and continued maintenance of the software applications built for web, iOS & Android. The technology stack for Sidefield has gone through several evolutions in it’s existence:

• Initially as a Backbone.js frontend using Python and Google App Engine as a data store.Technologies: Backbone JS, Marionette JS, Underscore JS, Python, Google App Engine, AJAX, JSON

• An AngularJS web frontend using Apache Cordova to generate the iOS & Android apps from the a single code base. Technologies: Angular JS, Twitter Bootstrap, Ionic Framework, Node JS, Parse (PaaS), AJAX, JSON

• In it’s current form, A React web frontend using React Native to build the iOS & Android apps using a REST API to a PaaS as a data store. Technologies: React JS, React Native, Twitter Bootstrap, Node JS, Parse (PaaS), AJAX, JSON

Additionally also developed database migration and backup tools.Technologies: C#, Node JS, MongoDB, Parse (PaaS)

07/2011 - 06/2014 Atos Solutions & Services GmbH, Munich Information & Communication Consultant • The maintenance and extension of .NET based tools and interfaces.

Technologies: C#, WinForms, SQL Server, Model-View-Controller (MVC)

• Agile methodology (SCRUM)

01/2011 - 06/2011 Siemens IT Solutions & Services GmbH, Munich Information & Communication Consultant • The redesign of legacy tools from Microsoft Access to .NET applications.

Technologies: C#, WinForms, Microsoft SQL Server, Model-View-Controller (MVC)

• Agile methodology (SCRUM)

• Up-keep and maintenance of the department section's web site, content management system, and financial and logistics interfaces.

11/2008 - 12/2010 Siemens IT Solutions & Services GmbH, Munich

Junior Information & Communication Consultant

• The redesign of legacy tools from Microsoft Access to .NET applications.Technologies: C#, WinForms, Microsoft SQL Server

• Responsible for the new implementation of multiple, automated command line applications.Technologies: C#, Linq (Language Integrated Query), XML, Microsoft SQL Server

01/2008 – 10/2008 Siemens AG, Munich

Intern in the Corporate Information Technology department• Redesign of the department section's intranet web site using a Siemens template.

Technologies: HTML, XML/XSL, JavaScript

• Server maintenance of our section's test environment, which consisted of three Windows Server 2003 machines

• Database administration of the SQL Server installations (Microsoft SQL Server 2000 & 2005) the machines housed.

Education

Languages

08/2006 – 12/2007 Siemens AG, Munich

Intern in the Corporate Information Technology department• Development of an internal project management web application

• Implementation of an internal search engine using Apache Lucene and an XML/XSL frontend

09/2004 - 06/2008 Open University - London, England

Bachelor in Computer Science (Honours)

09/2004 - 06/2008 Deutsche Oberschule - Windhoek, Namibia

High School Matriculation

English - native speaker German - fluent Afrikaans - fluent