Brad Woods
Experiment.
Front-End Developer
Designer
Origin Story
After serving in the Australian Army I began a mechatronic engineering cadetship at BlueScope Steel. After 4 years I transferred to a primary teaching degree & taught in Australia & the UK. I began developing software to be a more effective teacher which lead to a career in design & front-end development. Written for css-tricks, presented at Atlas Camp Vienna 2019, MC of Siligong.JS. Worked in 5 startups & completed 3 accelator programs in Australia & the US.
Experience
Designer + Front-End Dev. @ Easy Agile
Redesigned & developed easyagile.com, including:
- design using Balsamiq & Illustrator &
- development using Gatsby.
Part of the team that continually developed & maintained Easy Agile Core Products including:
- front-end development using React, Redux, Styled-Components, LaunchDarkly, Atlaskit,
- development of a UI library using Storybook &
- interfacing with Jira.
Part of the team that designed & develop a portal for Atlassian partners, including:
- converting wireframes to low & hi-fed mockups using Illustrator &
- front-end development using Next.js, Styled-Components, Atlaskit & Auth0.
Designer + Front-End Dev. @ Binary Beer
Contracted to design & develop a keg tracking & analytics platform, including:
- defining user stories,
- design using Balsamiq & Illustrator,
- creating a component development environment using Storybook,
- test-driven development using Jest & React-Testing-Library,
- front-end development using React, Styled-Components, XState, deck.gl & React-Vis.
Contracted to design & develop a public website, including:
- design using Balsamiq & Illustrator &
- front-end development using Gatsby.
Front-End Dev. @ The Merrier
Developed a UI library, including:
- building reusable React presentational & logic components,
- collaborating with designers to ensure components present and behave according to the brand's style & adhere to UX principles,
- using test-driven development using React-Testing-Library & Jest,
- ensuring a scalable, robust codebase using functional programming & component-only composition using Styled-Components,
- creating a Storybook dev. environment &
- designing & developing interactive marketing experiences.
Designer + Full-Stack Dev. @ Me3D
Contracted to design & develop BuildFlow, a 3D printing web platform, including:
- crafting user stories,
- design using Balsamiq & Illustrator,
- test-driven development using Jest, Enzyme & Puppeteer,
- front-end development using React, Redux, RxJS & Styled-Components. Interfacing with AWS Cognito & a GraphQL API using Apollo &
- developing a GraphQL API using Node.js, Express, Serverless Framework, GraphQL-JS. Interfacing with AWS services; API Gateway, Cognito, DynamoDB, S3 & Lambda.
Front-End Dev. @ Alta VR
Contracted to rebuild the web infrastructure for A Township Tale, including:
- developing a web app using React,
- lazy loading blog posts,
- payment integration using Stripe,
- integration with existing systems,
- integrating Google analytics &
- using Firebase cloud functions to fulfill SEO requirements.
Designer + Front-End Dev. @ GeoInteractive
Founder @ classtime.io
Created a student behaviour analytics platform, including:
Designer + Front-End Dev. @ Easy Agile
Redesigned & developed easyagile.com, including:
- design using Balsamiq & Illustrator &
- development using Gatsby.
Part of the team that continually developed & maintained Easy Agile Core Products including:
- front-end development using React, Redux, Styled-Components, LaunchDarkly, Atlaskit,
- development of a UI library using Storybook &
- interfacing with Jira.
Part of the team that designed & develop a portal for Atlassian partners, including:
- converting wireframes to low & hi-fed mockups using Illustrator &
- front-end development using Next.js, Styled-Components, Atlaskit & Auth0.
Designer + Front-End Dev. @ Binary Beer
Contracted to design & develop a keg tracking & analytics platform, including:
- defining user stories,
- design using Balsamiq & Illustrator,
- creating a component development environment using Storybook,
- test-driven development using Jest & React-Testing-Library,
- front-end development using React, Styled-Components, XState, deck.gl & React-Vis.
Contracted to design & develop a public website, including:
- design using Balsamiq & Illustrator &
- front-end development using Gatsby.
Front-End Dev. @ The Merrier
Developed a UI library, including:
- building reusable React presentational & logic components,
- collaborating with designers to ensure components present and behave according to the brand's style & adhere to UX principles,
- using test-driven development using React-Testing-Library & Jest,
- ensuring a scalable, robust codebase using functional programming & component-only composition using Styled-Components,
- creating a Storybook dev. environment &
- designing & developing interactive marketing experiences.