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I'm a Ruby on Rails web developer with four years of experience building apps on various platforms. Previously I worked as a technical writer where I wrote, edited, and maintained digital content using an array of tools and programming languages. Since 2022 I’ve worked as a freelance web developer and teacher at Le Wagon, where I train students how to use Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL. My portfolio includes apps I have built for my clients, including a social media app for musicians and a tutoring platform for primary school students.…I'm a Ruby on Rails web developer with four years of experience building apps on various platforms. Previously I worked as a technical writer where I wrote, edited, and maintained digital content using an array of tools and programming languages. Since 2022 I’ve worked as a freelance web developer and teacher at Le Wagon, where I train students how to use Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL. My portfolio includes apps I have built for my clients, including a social media app for musicians and a tutoring platform for primary school students.

Shawn Sutherland

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I'm a Ruby on Rails web developer with four years of experience building apps on various platforms. Previously I worked as a technical writer where I wrote, edited, and maintained digital content using an array of tools and programming languages. Since 2022 I’ve worked as a freelance web developer and teacher at Le Wagon, where I train students how to use Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL. My portfolio includes apps I have built for my clients, including a social media app for musicians and a tutoring platform for primary school students.…I'm a Ruby on Rails web developer with four years of experience building apps on various platforms. Previously I worked as a technical writer where I wrote, edited, and maintained digital content using an array of tools and programming languages. Since 2022 I’ve worked as a freelance web developer and teacher at Le Wagon, where I train students how to use Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL. My portfolio includes apps I have built for my clients, including a social media app for musicians and a tutoring platform for primary school students.

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I’m a Ruby on Rails web developer with four years of experience building apps on various platforms. Previously I worked as a technical writer where I wrote, edited, and maintained digital content using an array of tools and programming languages. Since 2022 I’ve worked as a freelance web developer and teacher at Le Wagon, where I train students how to use Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL. My portfolio includes apps I have built for my clients, including a social media app for musicians and a tutoring platform for primary school students.

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Freelance Ruby on Rails Developer at Self-Employed

January 1, 2022 - Present

As a freelancer, I build custom web applications for clients sourced via Bamboe.io. I translate ideas into structured plans in Figma, define scope, and deliver projects using Agile methodologies. Projects are version-controlled with GitHub and built with a modern stack (Rails, React, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Mapbox, Cloudinary, Bootstrap, Sass, Stimulus). I have implemented features such as real-time messaging, user-generated content, and scheduled notifications. Responsibilities include UI/UX prototyping in Figma, developing full-stack Rails apps, managing databases, implementing frontend features with JavaScript, client collaboration, scoping, and iterative delivery.

Technical Writer – Microsoft Azure Cloud Services at KPMG International

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2022

At KPMG I helped optimize Azure cloud-based services for member firms. As the sole technical writer on this project, I created, reviewed, and updated documentation for several workstreams, including feasibility studies, business cases for upgrades, gap analyses, architecture reference documents, and user guides. I developed proofs-of-concept to validate future-state models, collaborating with subject matter experts and product owners. Deliverables followed project roadmaps and were stored on SharePoint.

Technical Writer at Nokia Networks

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017

At Nokia Networks I created, edited, and updated technical documents for network service providers. I collaborated with engineers to keep documentation up to date, updated text and figures with XML editors, troubleshot issues in JIRA, worked in an Agile environment, and used CMS tools to plan, store, archive, and reuse content while ensuring documents were DITA-compliant for content reuse.