Aaron Buckley

Highly skilled Senior Frontend Developer with over a decade of experience. Proficient in building robust and scalable web applications using React, Angular, Node.js and C#/ASP.NET. Strong expertise in frontend development, responsive design, and accessibility. Proven track record of successfully leading the construction and implementation of design systems. Passionate about creating user-friendly interfaces and delivering exceptional user experiences.

• Leading frontend development of both internal and customer-facing tools and sites. This includes building a centralised login and account management portal built with ASP.NET Core. A suite of back-office user and subscription management tools, which were built with Node/express/handlebars.
• Designed and developed reusable React components to enable us to follow the principles of Progressive Enhancement
• Created micro frontend POCs as part of investigations into allowing more flexible deployment
• Integrated third-party APIs and libraries seamlessly, expanding the application's functionality and improving the user experience.
• Utilised Redux to allow state to be management and shared between components
• Leading the development of a suite of management tools built using Angular 15.
• Utilised NgRx for state management, optimizing data flow and application performance
• Implemented performance optimizations to ensure fast page load times and a smooth user experience.
• Spearheaded code reviews, coding standards, and best practices, resulting in higher code quality and a reduction in bugs.
• Implemented responsive design principles for mobile-friendly applications, broadening the application's reach.
• Introduced continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, automating deployment processes and increasing efficiency.

-Conducted thorough unit and integration testing, ensuring the reliability and stability of the application.

• Working with UI/UX to develop a Design System to enable the reuse of common components, to help provide a common look and feel across different platforms and sites and to aid the development of accessible components.
• Leading the drive for accessible solutions in the department. This includes working with the UI/UX teams, writing automated tests using Puppeteer and Pa11y, performing manual reviews with the Axe tools and mentioning less experienced team members. This resulted in products being reached WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.

De Montfort University, Computer Science BSc

Grade: 2:1