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React Developer
Martin Burford
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Orpington, United Kingdom
Experience
Skills
I’m offering
I started coding professionally in 1999, and have a deep passion for beautifully crafted web interfaces. My approach to work is always the same. I am driven by working with nice, smart people. I’m incredibly passionate about how the mechanics and visuals of a website work together in harmony, resulting in a stunning user experience. Yes, I code React, HTML, JavaScript, ES6, Node, SASS etc in every contract, but my true passion is in building the very best UI a website can have, with whatever technologies are required to do the job. Couple this with an obsessive side to my personality where I continually strive for the cleanest, most extendable and robust code possible. I work incredibly hard to ensure I only ever leave companies with code that I myself would be happy to inherit.
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2021 - ?
job
Front-End Architect
LiveArea.
UK
Role responsibilities
• I am the sole Front-End Developer working on a UI component library, consisting of approximately 120 components, built from the ground up using React, TypeScript and Sass, in an Atomic Design pattern.
• I've built a fully interactive headless eCommerce site, demonstrating all of the UI components via a NextJS app.
• I've also built a comprehensive Storybook, helping to demonstrate all components rendered in a number of different ways, eg: different colour themes, different locales, left-to-right and right-to-left rendering.
• All components are fully responsive.
Technologies used
Async / Await, ES6, Flexbox, HTML, NPM, React, React Hooks, Sass (modules), Storybook, TypeScript
Role responsibilities
• I am the sole Front-End Developer working on a UI component library, consisting of approximately 120 components, built from the ground up using React, TypeScript and Sass, in an Atomic Design pattern.
• I've built a fully interactive headless eCommerce site, demonstrating all of the UI components via a NextJS app.
• I've also built a comprehensive Storybook, helping to demonstrate all components rendered in a number of different ways, eg: different colour themes, different locales, left-to-right and right-to-left rendering.
• All components are fully responsive.
Technologies used
Async / Await, ES6, Flexbox, HTML, NPM, React, React Hooks, Sass (modules), Storybook, TypeScript
Html, Design, React, Ecommerce, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Typescript, Sass, UI, Rendering, ES6, Developer, Responsive, App, UP
2020 - 2021
job
Senior React / Redux Developer
Zellar.
UK
Role responsibilities
• I was the sole Front-End Developer working on a Server-side rendered / re-hydrated React application built using React, Redux, TypeScript and Sass.
• The application provided the ability for companies to register and become part of a wider online community related to energy consumption, carbon emissions and ultimately, energy switching.
• The Front-End worked hand-in-hand with a custom built back-end, providing around 50 endpoints, catering for Authentication through to Registration, Signing in, Account playback etc.
• Extensive documentation of the project was built via a heavily customised Storybook, which I built from the ground up.
Technologies used
Ant Design System, Axios, CSS Modules, ES6, Flexbox, HTML, JSON, Mermaid, NPM, React, React Hooks, Redux, Sass, Storybook, TypeScript, Webpack
Recommendations
Veronica Zotali
Back-End Developer
I worked with Martin during my time at Zellar for nearly a year. He said once to me 'if you can't do something perfect, go find something else to do'. His performance justifies this saying. I can honestly recommend Martin for companies that are strict about coding standards, front-end architecture, and are only looking for seriously talented, lead front-end Engineers that breathe UI technologies. He was fully responsible for the development of v1 and v2 releases of the Zellar platform. He worked under very aggressive deadlines from the first sprint, merging pull requests consistently on a daily basis. He has excellent communication skills, is a great team player, and gets on with everyone. He doesn't accept messy work and is accurate and precise in his delivery estimations. Martin is an accomplished professional that I highly recommend as an elite lead engineer.
Alex Kickham
Product Designer
Working with Martin at Zellar was a breath of fresh air, he came highly recommended and didn't disappoint. Always striving for better, challenging design, suggesting improvements, making sure that everything he does is of the highest quality - highly recommended
Adam Scott
Chief Product Officer
Martin joined the team to lead our Front-End software engineering capability. For a tech start-up helping to define how society and communities learn and utilise data to become sustainable, Martin's cross industry experience together with modern practices and skills helped us establish stable, efficient technologies and services. This mind and skillset was key in our ability to build greenfield digital products and services - Building fast is key, however, Martin's ability to have immensely practical conversations with the wider engineering, design and product teams allowed true value creation from the get go. Martin cares deeply about the customer experience and product performance. He is a modern, reliable and disciplined lead developer who I would not hesitate to recommend to any customer centric, data led, beautiful UI focused organisation. I look forward to working with you again Martin.
Eren Gokcek
Product Manager
I worked with Martin at Zellar. He's an incredibly accountable, proficient & diligent developer who deeply cares about all aspects of the product. He laser focuses on the task at hand and delivers it to the highest quality without wasting a second. Martin doesn't hesitate to put his ideas forward to make the product even better, in a way that's backed up with data or user insight. I highly recommend him to any modern engineering team.
Role responsibilities
• I was the sole Front-End Developer working on a Server-side rendered / re-hydrated React application built using React, Redux, TypeScript and Sass.
• The application provided the ability for companies to register and become part of a wider online community related to energy consumption, carbon emissions and ultimately, energy switching.
• The Front-End worked hand-in-hand with a custom built back-end, providing around 50 endpoints, catering for Authentication through to Registration, Signing in, Account playback etc.
• Extensive documentation of the project was built via a heavily customised Storybook, which I built from the ground up.
Technologies used
Ant Design System, Axios, CSS Modules, ES6, Flexbox, HTML, JSON, Mermaid, NPM, React, React Hooks, Redux, Sass, Storybook, TypeScript, Webpack
Recommendations
Veronica Zotali
Back-End Developer
I worked with Martin during my time at Zellar for nearly a year. He said once to me 'if you can't do something perfect, go find something else to do'. His performance justifies this saying. I can honestly recommend Martin for companies that are strict about coding standards, front-end architecture, and are only looking for seriously talented, lead front-end Engineers that breathe UI technologies. He was fully responsible for the development of v1 and v2 releases of the Zellar platform. He worked under very aggressive deadlines from the first sprint, merging pull requests consistently on a daily basis. He has excellent communication skills, is a great team player, and gets on with everyone. He doesn't accept messy work and is accurate and precise in his delivery estimations. Martin is an accomplished professional that I highly recommend as an elite lead engineer.
Alex Kickham
Product Designer
Working with Martin at Zellar was a breath of fresh air, he came highly recommended and didn't disappoint. Always striving for better, challenging design, suggesting improvements, making sure that everything he does is of the highest quality - highly recommended
Adam Scott
Chief Product Officer
Martin joined the team to lead our Front-End software engineering capability. For a tech start-up helping to define how society and communities learn and utilise data to become sustainable, Martin's cross industry experience together with modern practices and skills helped us establish stable, efficient technologies and services. This mind and skillset was key in our ability to build greenfield digital products and services - Building fast is key, however, Martin's ability to have immensely practical conversations with the wider engineering, design and product teams allowed true value creation from the get go. Martin cares deeply about the customer experience and product performance. He is a modern, reliable and disciplined lead developer who I would not hesitate to recommend to any customer centric, data led, beautiful UI focused organisation. I look forward to working with you again Martin.
Eren Gokcek
Product Manager
I worked with Martin at Zellar. He's an incredibly accountable, proficient & diligent developer who deeply cares about all aspects of the product. He laser focuses on the task at hand and delivers it to the highest quality without wasting a second. Martin doesn't hesitate to put his ideas forward to make the product even better, in a way that's backed up with data or user insight. I highly recommend him to any modern engineering team.
Design System, Developer, Lead developer, Community, Development, Software, Online, Organization, Server, Energy, It, Go, Energy, Manager, UP, Customer, LED, ME, Platform, Product Manager, Css, Design, React, HTML/CSS/Javascript, JSON, Typescript, Customer experience, Sass, Html, Redux, UI, Software engineering, Architecture, Webpack, Engineering, ES6, Authentication
2019 - 2020
job
React Developer
Somo Global.
UK
Role responsibilities
• I was one of two Front-End Developers working on a Single Page Application build using both React and Redux.
• The application allowed for a website to be built and subsequently configured using a bespoke suite of components and templates. My involvement related to adjusting existing websites.
• This was achieved by accessing the configurable options of each component making up a websites page, getting both existing and setting new configuration values.
• On saving any configuration changes, the website was automatically updated, reflecting the changes made.
Technologies used
Ant Design System, CSS Modules, ES6, Flexbox, HTML, JSON, NPM, PostCSS, React, React Hooks, Redux, Sass, TypeScript, Webpack
Recommendations
Robin Lewis
Scrum Master
I was recently lucky enough to have Martin join a team for which I am the ScrumMaster. Martin joined the project mid-way through, and had no problem in quickly getting himself up to speed on the work required of him. More than that though, from my point of view as a ScrumMaster, I was very impressed with how Martin always made sure to keep me up to date with the status of his work and any impediments he could foresee that I could help to remove. In my opinion, Martin is a dedicated and thorough developer, and I would be more than happy to work with him again in the future!
Todd Francis
Technical Development Lead
Martin picked up the project really quickly and was making valuable commits from the get go. He was great to work with, very personable and I'd be happy to work with him again on future projects.
Marta Moskwa
Product Designer
I can highly recommend Martin to you. He cares about the details of UI component design and makes sure they look just like they've been designed. He represents both the technical and artistic sides of development, making it easy to explain design ideas to him. Martin showed a very positive attitude during our collaboration and I hope to work with him again in the future.
Role responsibilities
• I was one of two Front-End Developers working on a Single Page Application build using both React and Redux.
• The application allowed for a website to be built and subsequently configured using a bespoke suite of components and templates. My involvement related to adjusting existing websites.
• This was achieved by accessing the configurable options of each component making up a websites page, getting both existing and setting new configuration values.
• On saving any configuration changes, the website was automatically updated, reflecting the changes made.
Technologies used
Ant Design System, CSS Modules, ES6, Flexbox, HTML, JSON, NPM, PostCSS, React, React Hooks, Redux, Sass, TypeScript, Webpack
Recommendations
Robin Lewis
Scrum Master
I was recently lucky enough to have Martin join a team for which I am the ScrumMaster. Martin joined the project mid-way through, and had no problem in quickly getting himself up to speed on the work required of him. More than that though, from my point of view as a ScrumMaster, I was very impressed with how Martin always made sure to keep me up to date with the status of his work and any impediments he could foresee that I could help to remove. In my opinion, Martin is a dedicated and thorough developer, and I would be more than happy to work with him again in the future!
Todd Francis
Technical Development Lead
Martin picked up the project really quickly and was making valuable commits from the get go. He was great to work with, very personable and I'd be happy to work with him again on future projects.
Marta Moskwa
Product Designer
I can highly recommend Martin to you. He cares about the details of UI component design and makes sure they look just like they've been designed. He represents both the technical and artistic sides of development, making it easy to explain design ideas to him. Martin showed a very positive attitude during our collaboration and I hope to work with him again in the future.
UI, ME, UP, Go, Design System, Postcss, Development, Developer, It, ES6, Website, Webpack, Html, Redux, Sass, Websites, Scrum master, Typescript, JSON, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Scrum, React, Design, Css
2019 - 2019
job
React / Redux Developer
Rehab.
UK
Role responsibilities
• I was one of two Developers on a Single Page Application build using both React and Redux.
• The application was built to demonstrate to potential clients the flows of an existing Crypto Currency platform. The initial delivery was for the application to be used as part of a trade show / expo.
• Clients were able to enter their own information, with the walkthroughs / demonstrations then using their information in real-time.
• Live APIs were consumed in order to pull down live conversion rates, which were then applied against a number of computations within the application.
• Content was dynamically assigned against a suite of custom-built tag names, allowing placeholder data to be updated with real-time information throughout the entire application walkthrough.
• Demonstrations of API endpoints are embedded into the application and rendered out via a tabbed syntax highlighter.
• I wrote a custom 3D flipping mechanism to incorporate more content into a single step of a unique journey flow. This was a suggestion I made to the client to better enhance the application. The idea was universally welcomed and liked.
Technologies used
Axios, Babel, BEM, ES6, Flexbox, HTML, JSON, NPM, React, Redux, Routing, SASS, Webpack
Recommendations
Gary Button
Senior Back-End Developer
Martin is one of the most organised and on the ball developers I've worked with. Produces clean, well written code as well as documenting and clearly explaining his approach. Confident in raising and asking questions whilst keeping calm and collected with clients. 10/10
Other roles
Besides my most recent 5 roles (as above), I have worked in many other companies, on a contract basis more recently, but also in permanent positions at the start of my career:
Type Company Role From To
Role responsibilities
• I was one of two Developers on a Single Page Application build using both React and Redux.
• The application was built to demonstrate to potential clients the flows of an existing Crypto Currency platform. The initial delivery was for the application to be used as part of a trade show / expo.
• Clients were able to enter their own information, with the walkthroughs / demonstrations then using their information in real-time.
• Live APIs were consumed in order to pull down live conversion rates, which were then applied against a number of computations within the application.
• Content was dynamically assigned against a suite of custom-built tag names, allowing placeholder data to be updated with real-time information throughout the entire application walkthrough.
• Demonstrations of API endpoints are embedded into the application and rendered out via a tabbed syntax highlighter.
• I wrote a custom 3D flipping mechanism to incorporate more content into a single step of a unique journey flow. This was a suggestion I made to the client to better enhance the application. The idea was universally welcomed and liked.
Technologies used
Axios, Babel, BEM, ES6, Flexbox, HTML, JSON, NPM, React, Redux, Routing, SASS, Webpack
Recommendations
Gary Button
Senior Back-End Developer
Martin is one of the most organised and on the ball developers I've worked with. Produces clean, well written code as well as documenting and clearly explaining his approach. Confident in raising and asking questions whilst keeping calm and collected with clients. 10/10
Other roles
Besides my most recent 5 roles (as above), I have worked in many other companies, on a contract basis more recently, but also in permanent positions at the start of my career:
Type Company Role From To
Html, API, React, HTML/CSS/Javascript, JSON, Sass, Redux, Webpack, Content, ES6, Embedded, 3D, Developer, Platform
2019 - 2019
temp
Creative Technologist / React Developer
Lloyds Bank.
React, Developer
2018 - 2018
temp
Senior Front-End Developer
Biglight.
Developer
2018 - 2018
temp
Senior Front-End Developer
Tangent.
Developer
2017 - 2017
temp
Senior Front-End Developer
Bond and Coyne.
Developer
2017 - 2017
temp
Lead Web Developer
HSBC.
Developer, Web
2016 - 2016
temp
Senior Front-End Developer
Sapient Nitro.
December 2016
Developer
2015 - 2016
temp
Senior Front-End Developer
Trinity Mirror.
Developer
2014 - 2015
temp
Lead UI Developer
Barclays.
UI, Developer
2013 - 2013
temp
Senior Interactive Developer
VML.
Developer
2012 - 2013
temp
Senior Front-End Developer
Profero.
Developer
2012 - 2012
temp
Senior Front-End Developer
Engine Group.
Developer
2012 - 2012
temp
Senior Front-End Developer
Ogilvy.
Developer
2012 - 2012
temp
Front-End Technical Lead
The Mill.
Tech lead, Technical Lead
2011 - 2012
temp
Lead Internet Engineer
Digitas LBi.
Internet
2011 - 2011
temp
Senior Web Developer
AKQA.
Developer, Web
2011 - 2011
temp
Lead Front-End Engineer
Timeout.
2011 - 2011
temp
Senior JavaScript Engineer
Tribal DDB.
Javascript
2011 - 2011
temp
Senior JavaScript Engineer
Publicis.
Javascript
2010 - 2011
temp
Senior JavaScript Engineer
Wunderman.
Javascript
2010 - 2010
temp
Senior Developer
RGA.
Developer, Senior Developer
2009 - 2009
temp
Lead Client-side Developer
Autoquake.
Developer
2009 - 2009
temp
Chief Technical Architect
Euro RSCG.
2009 - 2009
temp
PHP Developer
Futurebrand.
Php, Developer
2008 - 2009
job
Technical Director
Full Six.
2001 - 2002
internship
Trainee Developer
Volt Europe.
Developer
My education
Staffordshire University
BSc, 1) in Internet Technology
BSc, 1) in Internet Technology
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