Full-stack Developer with 10 years' experience. Building websites for a variety of sectors, with a commitment to best practice across design and development.

Joseph Balfour

Full-stack Developer with 10 years' experience. Building websites for a variety of sectors, with a commitment to best practice across design and development.

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Full-stack Developer with 10 years’ experience. Building websites for a variety of sectors, with a commitment to best practice across design and development.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Full-stack Developer at Design Portfolio
July 1, 2021 - May 29, 2026
Skills: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, C#, .NET, PHP, Umbraco, Concrete, Bootstrap, Azure, AWS, CI/CD, Terraform, EAA, WCAG 2.2, Dotdigital - Building and maintaining bespoke websites for clients, either by myself or alongside other developers. - Setting up live site infrastructure and code deployment. - Implementing key improvements from builds back into a base template to improve future sites. - As the company specialised in corporate sites, there was an emphasis on: - Security when handling highly sensitive regulated information. - Accessibility to ensure sites were compliant with European regulations. - Mentoring junior developers and peer reviewing other developers' code
Full-stack Developer at Perq Studio
April 1, 2021 - September 1, 2021
Skills: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, PHP, Drupal, Bootstrap, Mailchimp - Working as the sole developer in a recently established and expanding team. - Researching and implementing best practice to lay the groundwork for future developers. - Working closely with designers to help create designs that were visually impressive. - Communicating with new and existing clients about their requirements. - Due to the finances of the company it went into liquidation, requiring me to look for another role.
Full-stack Developer at WildWest Design
August 1, 2017 - April 1, 2021
Skills: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, PHP, MODX, Bootstrap, HTML Emailers - Building and maintaining bespoke websites for clients, predominantly by myself. - Building and distributing emailers. - Providing technical support for clients. - Providing IT support for the office.
Full-stack Developer at eFiling
July 1, 2016 - August 1, 2017
Skills: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, PHP - Building and maintaining a SaaS product. - Provided a platform for company formation agents to create their own website. - Integrating with payment gateways. - Working alongside Companies House’s APIs.

Education

BSc Digital Media Technology at Nottingham Trent University
September 1, 2013 - July 1, 2016
A Levels at Sp onne School, Towcester
June 1, 2011 - September 1, 2013
GCSEs at Sponne School, Towcester
September 1, 2009 - June 1, 2011

Qualifications

BSc Digital Media Technology
September 1, 2013 - July 1, 2016
Nottingham Trent University

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Media & Entertainment, Financial Services, Government