About Nicko
Nicko has over 7 years of hands on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable international full stack web applications. Expert in PHP and the Laravel framework, with a strong background in database design, and modern front-end technologies. Proven track record of delivering high-quality code in agile environments and optimising performance using caching, queues & concurrency where needed. Passionate about clean code, system architecture, and continuous learning.
Experience
TaxAssist Accountants
Senior Web Developer
January 2023 - Present
- Manage and allocate team workload using GitHub projects, guided by the product manager & agile principles
- Onboard new staff members, providing guidance & coaching where necessary
- Plan & implement web infrastructure migration to Laravel Cloud to reduce server maintainance time
- Continuous self improvement using Laracasts and Frontend Masters courses
TaxAssist Accountants
Web Developer
January 2018 - January 2023
- Maintain, refactor & debug legacy PHP & JavaScript applications for continued use
- Design & implement full stack architecture for international websites using Laravel, Vue.js & MySQL
- Maintain server infrastructure via Forge & Digital Ocean, with Envoyer zero downtime deployments and Circle CI
Aviva
Motor Claims Handler
October 2015 - January 2018
- Effectively identify the customer's unique needs, communicating intentions clearly to satisfy their requirements and reduce customer effort.
- Utilise web skills, receiving praise from UK Customer Operations Director, Hugh Hessing, for the work on "Motor Claims Journey" page and "Total Loss Email Generator".
Education
The Open University
Certificate of Higher Education in Computing and IT
2017 - 2019
- Web Technologies - Distinction
- Technologies in practice - Distinction
- Introduction to computing and information technology 1 - Pass
- Introduction to computing and information technology 2 - Distinction
- Discovering Mathematics - Pass
Udemy
Web Development Bootcamp - With Colt Steele
2016 - 2017
- Covering fullstack development with HTML, CSS, Javascript and a Node.js & MongoDB backend
