Skills overview

Personality related Skills

• Thorough programmer, with particular focus on documentation, logic and simplicity.
• Ability to systematically solve problems and issues.
• Specialized in streamlining and optimizing the process of developing customer solutions.
• Service-minded interaction with customers.
• Autodidact
• Analytical mindset - anticipating impact of implementations further down the road.

General Skills

• Code version control via git and Subversion (SVN).
• Use of Photoshop/Illustrator, especially in programming related tasks.
• Technical implementation of systems to adhere to the GDPR rules.
• Able to talk to a broad range of people from all areas of a business, with the ability to explain highly technical things in a not technical manner.

Web Development

• PHP & JavaScript/TypeScript - Object Oriented & Procedurally structured.
• Familiar with various patterns incl. Model-View-Controller (MVC).
• Usage of MySQL/MSSQL Databases.
• Implementation of alternative storage/cache methods like redis/memcached.
• Writing and automatic validation of code according to PSR Coding Standards.
• Basic search engine optimization (SEO).
• Development of responsive websites/apps with & without Bootstrap framework.
• Development of REST APIs incl. user-friendly backend for data manipulation. Primarily used in conjunction with iOS/Android Apps or Unity WebGL clients.
• Usage of various frameworks to build web apps - Phalcon, Codeigniter & Zend Framework.
• Wordpress aficionado - deep going knowledge, incl. custom developed plugins/frameworks
• WooCommerce implementation and customization.
• Basic knowledge in usage of various CMS's like Drupal and Joomla.
• Usage of various JavaScript frameworks like jQuery and related plugins.
• Usage Angular 4 to build simple JavaScript based apps/addons.
• Styling with SCSS, SASS & CSS as well as setup/usage of Compass.
• Minor experimentation with React.

Project Management

• Management of small development teams.
• Agile Development using Sprints & Scrum.
• Utilization of tools such as Jira, FogBugz, Basecamp & Redmine

QA & Debugging

• Methodical and thorough approach, considering edge-cases that usually get missed.
• Considerations of UX and usability in a given flow.
• Usually staying calm and composed, in order solve issues even when things with high impact are failing, and need debugging.
  

Server Infrastructure & IT Support

• Managing all aspects of LAMP stacks (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).
• Using Microsoft Azure to run and maintain auto-scaling web server enviroments.
• Windows Server setup as well as configuration of Domain controllers, ActiveDirectory, DHCP & virtual servers.
• Configuration of networks incl. configuration & security of switches/routers and access points.
• The basics of Docker image generation and roll-out.
• Bulk Roll-out's via images for user workstations.
• Implementation of backup solutions.
• Setup of a wide variety of peripherals.