Darryl October
darryloctober.co.ukWorking mainly with AstroJS, Next.js, Preact, React, React Native - check out my portfolio for a full list of skills and technologies.
Work Experience
Senior Front End Engineer
Nestlé Nespresso - Front End Engineer, Barcelona
- Developing Nespresso's popular site, selling coffee capsules, machines and accessories
- Building the product listing page, filters, product cards and the product details pages
- AstroJS
- Preact
- Web Components
- React
- Typescript
- Javascript
- Vitejs
- Vitest
- Storybook
- Playwright
- Figma
- HTML5
- CSS3
Arcturus - Frontend Lead, Barcelona
- Building core products: ArcCore, ArcCorp and other digital products for major international banks
- Building dashboard components for data ingestion and visualisation
- Control of frontend stack and choosing UI technology
- React
- Angular
- NextJS
- Typescript
- Python
- GraphQL
- Tailwind
- AWS
- MUI
- Rollup
- Figma
- Amplify
- Apollo
- GitHub Packages
Orbit29 - Lead Developer, Barcelona, Barcelona
- Lead Full Stack Developer on several web apps featured around mental health companies based in Australia and the U.K.
- Building Herding Cats, an app to help people organise social events
- Movember - Development of a rugby app, ported to the Australian Football League market
- Expo
- React Native
- AWS
- DynamoDB
- NodeJS
- Express
- SendGrid
- React
- Typescript
- PWA
- Cypress
- Jest
- Cloudflare
- Auth0
DGTLS
A digital agency creating web and online solutions for clients in Germany and Austria rest of Europe.
Senior Front End Engineer, Barcelona
- Building CMS-driven websites with React widgets for complex UI's
- Building API routes in Symfony, MVC architectures
- Deploying, managing and updating websites, DevOps
- Apache
- PHP
- Symfony
- Pimcore
- Twig
- React
- Typescript
- Javascript
- SASS
- HTML5
- Webpack
- NPM
- UIKit
- CSS3
- Storybook
Esoft
Post-production services in Photo, Video, Floorplan, and 3D Visualization for real estate companies worldwide.
Senior Front End Engineer, Barcelona
- Building a multi-tenancy dashboard for companies to deploy digital ad campaigns & banners for real-time bidding
- Allowing property agents in New York, Denmark and Sweden to view marketing campaigns for their properties
- Angular
- Typescript
- MUI
- Java
- Grails
- NodeJS
- Fuse
- SASS
- MySQL
- Stripe
- Ruby
- Rails
- MongoDB
- Redis
- CSS3
reed.co.uk
The UK's #1 job website and recruitment company, based in the UK.
Startup Startup / Reed Commercial - Web Developer, London
- Lead Developer for a company designed to showcase and promote startups worldwide (like LinkedIn for startups)
- Developing an e-commerce website helping people to start their own franchise in the U.K.
reed.co.uk - Front End Developer, London
- Building the reed website and landing pages in the technical fulfilment team
HTA Design
A multi-disciplinary architecture and design consultancy based in London and Edinburgh.
Front End Developer, London
- Lead Developer in the tech department, delivering websites to promote new housing developments
- Apache
- PHP
- MySQL
- Bootstrap
- HTML5
- Javascript
- jQuery
- CSS3
Traveller & Backpacker, South America
Backpacking tour of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Brazil.
Evoluted
A full-service digital agency specializing in web products.
PHP Developer, Sheffield
- Web Developer and SEO Specialist for CMS-managed websites for U.K. based clients
- Apache
- PHP
- MySQL
- Bootstrap
- HTML5
- Javascript
- jQuery
- CSS3
S8 Design
A small web company offering CMS-managed websites.
Partner and Business Owner, Sheffield
- Web Developer for CMS-managed websites for U.K. based clients
- Apache
- PHP
- MySQL
- Bootstrap
- HTML5
- Javascript
- jQuery
- CSS3
NHS
The National Health Service in the U.K.
Sheffield Children's Hospital - Data Admin Clerk, Sheffield
- Database & Information Analyst for the NHS
- Apache
- PHP
- MySQL
- Bootstrap
- HTML5
- Javascript
- jQuery
- CSS3
Wig & Pen / Platillos
Waiter & Barman, Sheffield
Batchelor of Science
University of Derby - Derby
- Degree with honours, Music Technology & Audio System Design
Languages
English
Native
Spanish
B2 Proficiency
Catalan
B1 Proficiency
Soft Skills
I have developed strong skills in analytical problem solving, pro-active decision making and strategic thinking while working in my professional career. I am patient and like to be empathetic and passionate and have a strong attention to detail when working on projects, as to bring out the best. In my spare time I play a lot of music, learn languages and enjoy cooking, socialising, sports and working on side-projects.