Rose Schiffler

Rose Schiffler Frontend Developer at Aqueduct- Summary I'm a frontend developer specialising in responsive, accessible and cross browser compatible websites. My preferred technology set includes react.js, sass and webpack. For the past few years I've worked for a fast paced digital agency in the heart of central London. I've worked on high profile client sites including Tottenham Hotspurs FC, TeamGB, Manchester City FC, Sunderland FC, Wolves FC, Suzuki, Lloyds of London insurance market, Grant Thornton accounting network and Wasps FC. I'm truly passionate about my work and always eager to expand my knowledge. I have a Bachelor of Information Technology with Distinction from Newcastle University (Australia) and I'm a certified Sitecore developer. Experience Frontend Developer at Aqueduct July 2017 - Present In this role I work in a fast paced digital agency where I maintain and build the front end of large .NET sites that satisfy the vision set by the design team, meet accessibility standards, are compatible cross browser and are best practice when dealing with a lot of CSS, HTML and Javascript code. The technologies I am comfortable with and enjoy using include React.js, Webpack, SCSS/Sass/CSS3/Stylus, HTML/HTML5, Gulp.js, Grunt.js, Handlebars, Javascript, jQuery and Git. Backend Developer at Aqueduct June 2016 - July 2017 (1 year 2 months) In this role I worked in a fast paced digital agency building and maintaining websites for big brands primarily in sporting industries. I was hired as a back end developer to work on .NET web applications that integrate with content management systems like Sitecore and Umbraco. I've also had the opportunity to grow my front end skills with technologies like Gulp, Grunt, Sass, Stylus, Handlebars, CSS3, Html5 and Javascript. Analyst/Programmer - Online at Greater Bank March 2013 - May 2016 (3 years 3 months) Page 1 As an Analyst/Programmer in the online team, I had many responsibilities. As well as being a fullstack developer, I also designed new features, planned sprints, organised focus groups and pilots, coordinated releases, provided product support, managed relationships with key stakeholders and participated in the running of a functioning agile team. TECHNOLOGIES I maintained ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET (web forms) applications utilising technologies like jQuery, CSS/SCSS, HTML, Javascript, Gulp, Node.js and Bootstrap. I maintained a hybrid Objective-c app before rewriting it in Swift and redesigning the UI. I maintained an Android hybrid app. I worked on a Web API service layer, maintained WCF services and did some work on a Java Spring API. I implemented TDD principals by writing unit and integration tests with Fixie and Shouldly libraries. PROCESS I worked in a small agile team where we ran fortnightly sprints and utilised all the usual scrum methodologies like daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint retros, spikes, user story creation and estimation. We were a highly productive team, releasing to production more than once a month with very few defects. I worked very closely with my peers to code review our changes and with our QA engineers to ensure our software was of very high quality. RELEASES I used Git, Source Tree and Bitbucket Server for source control, Confluence and JIRA agile to document and plan releases and Team City and Octopus for continuous integration and deployment. Junior Analyst/Programmer - Online at Greater Bank July 2012 - March 2013 (9 months) In this role I was responsible for writing technical documents for third-party software vendors to change or improve our software. I worked on the development and maintenance of ASP.NET (web forms) components while providing technical support to our call centre for our internally and externally developed online banking products. I was also involved in prototyping UI and developing functional features in ASP.NET MVC for a new web-based front-end that is now used by over 100 staff members at Head Office. IT Cadet at Greater Bank April 2010 - July 2012 (2 years 4 months) In this role I experienced a wide range of IT areas while I was still studying at university. These areas included database administration, thick-client/desktop software development, software testing and helpdesk support. Page 2 Education University of Newcastle Bachelor of Information Technology with Distinction, Information Technology, 2008 - 2012 Honors and Awards School of Design, Communication and I.T Prize in Information Technology, Placed on the Newcastle University Faculty Commendation List - Faculty of Science and Information Technology for 2009, Placed on the Newcastle University Faculty Commendation List - Faculty of Science and Information Technology for 2010, Placed on the Newcastle University Faculty Commendation List - Faculty of Science and Information Technology for 2011 Page 3 Rose Schiffler Frontend Developer at Aqueduct- Contact Rose on LinkedIn Page 4