Alex Lawrence

Full-Stack Developer // Technical Lead // Software Architect

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Availability

• Available from: early 2020
• Capacity: approx. 20 hours / week (max. 25)
• Location: Munich or Remote

Area of work

• Automation
• Backend Development
• Code Design
• Frontend Development
• Mentoring
• Operations
• Software Architecture
• Talks
• Technical Lead
• Technical Writing
• Testing
• Workshops

Languages & Technologies

• CSS
• Docker
• ES.Next
• Flow
• GNU/Linux
• HTML
• JavaScript
• Markdown
• Node.js
• nginx
• SQL
• Shell/Bash
• TypeScript
• Web APIs
• Web Components
• Websockets

Libraries & Tools

• AngularJS (<= 1.5)
• Ansible
• BabelJS
• CSS Modules
• express
• gohugo
• Jest
• jQuery
• Mocha/Chai
• PDF.js
• Protractor
• pug
• React
• redux
• redux-saga
• SASS/SCSS
• Selenium
• SinonJS
• socket.io
• Webpack

Designs, Paradigms and Patterns

• Clean Code
• Command-Query-Responsibility-Segregation (CQRS)
• Composition over Inheritance
• Continuous Delivery & Continuous Integration
• Domain Driven Design (DDD)
• Event Sourcing
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Eventual Consistency
• Inversion of Control / Dependency Injection
• Loose Coupling
• Messaging
• Microservices
• Model-View-Controller (MVC)
• RESTful
• Reactive

Methodologies & Processes

• Agile Development
• Behavior Driven Design (BDD)
• Code Reviews
• Extreme Programming
• Kanban
• Lean Startup
• Pairing (also remote)
• Refactoring
• Scrum
• Test Driven Design (TDD)

Experience

Full Stack Developer // Technical Lead // Software Architect – Alex Lawrence

from 12/2013 until today

• Freelance work as Developer, Technical Lead, Architect and Consultant
• Open-Source Projects on Github

Software Developer - Personio

from 04/2019 until today

• Frontend Development of global design improvements
• Contributor of shared Design System implementation
• Consultant for Frontend Architecture with microfrontends
• Consultant for CQRS, DDD, Event-driven Architecture and Event Sourcing
• Technologies: CSS Modules, ES.next, flowtype, JavaScript, Jest, JSX, React (+ Testing Library), redux, redux-saga, SCSS, webpack

Independent author - Implementing Domain Driven Design, CQRS and Event Sourcing in Node.js

from 01/2017 until today

• Topics: Domain Driven Design, Command-Query-Responsibility-Segragation, Event Sourcing, Node.js

Frontend Developer - AutoScout24 GmbH

from 11/2018 until 03/2019

• Frontend Development, A/B Testing
• Technologies: AWS, CSS3, Docker, JavaScript, Jest, ES.next, HTML5, Optimizely, React, redux, Scala

Founder & Developer - YUNIT

from 05/2013 until 05/2018

• Full-Stack Development, Software Architecture, Operations
• Customer focused development following Lean Startup Approach
• Technologies: CSS3, Bootstrap, DOM, Docker, express, HTML5, Jade, Jasmine, JavaScript, Jenkins, jQuery, LESS, MongoDB, mongoose, Node.js

Full Stack Developer - AutoScout24 GmbH

from 07/2017 until 03/2018

• Frontend Development, Development of project template and tools for static websites on S3
• Technologies: AWS, CSS3, Docker, Hugo, JavaScript, ES.next, HTML5, Node.js, nginx, Scala, SCSS, SSI, Shell/Bash

Frontend Developer - nuveon GmbH

from 05/2017 until 08/2017

• Refactoring and extension of existing SCSS codebase and templates
• Technologies: CSS3, JavaScript, JSP, HTML5, SCSS

Frontend Developer - frog design

from 12/2016 until 01/2017

• Development of Design System implementation
• Technologies: AngularJS 1.5, CSS3, dgeni, Gulp, HTML5, Jasmine, Karma, NodeJS, RequireJS, SCSS, TypeScript

Full Stack Developer – SixSteps / efa GmbH

from 04/2014 until 09/2016

• Full-Stack Development & Software Architecture for web-based meeting software
• Architectural patterns & styles: DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing, Microservices
• Methodologies: DDD, TDD/BDD, Refactoring, Kanban, Extreme Programming
• Technologies: AngularJS, Ansible, CSS3, CoffeeScript, Docker, express, eventric, Gulp, HTML5, Jenkins, Karma, Mocha, NodeJS, Protractor, SCSS, SinonJS, socket.io

Lecturer at University of Augsburg

from 01/2014 until 07/2016

Lecturer for the subject "Multimedia Programming" in the third semester of the studies "Interactive Media". Focus: Browser based programming with JavaScrip

Frontend Developer - frog design

from 01/2014 until 03/2014

• Development of showcase prototype on top of existing Web Application
• Technologies: AngularJS, CSS3, Express, Grunt, HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, NodeJS, socket.io, WebRTC, Websockets

(Senior) Software Developer - AutoScout24 GmbH

from 03/2011 until 08/2013

• Technical lead and coaching in Frontend Development
• Technical lead and coordination of interdisciplinary UI group
• Development of company-wide used modular UI framework (similar to Bootstrap)
• Push towards modularization, testing and coding standards for JavaScript
• Customer- and value-driven development
• Technologies: AMD, ASP.NET MVC, CSS, C#, HTML5, Jasmine, JavaScript, jQuery, KnockoutJS, MSpec, Rake, REST, SCSS, SQL

Working Student Software Development - AutoScout24 GmbH

from 07/2010 until 02/2011

• Refactoring and modularization of existing CSS codebase
• Support for the improvement of frontend development
• Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, C#, ASP.NET Web Forms

Head of Development / Partner - artecho GbR

from 10/2008 until 07/2010

• Development of software solutions for more than 30 clients
• Technologies: XHTML/CSS/JS, jQuery, PHP, Drupal 6, Ubercart, C++

Tutor for different subjects - Hochschule Augsburg

from 10/2006 untl 07/2010

Subjects: ActionScript3, Flex, Java/J2SE, PostgreSQL

Web Developer - Alex Lawrence

from 10/2006 until 10/2008

• Development of web-based software solutions for 15 clients
• Technologies: CSS, Flash/ActionScript, HTML, PHP

Education

Multimedia - Hochschule Augsburg - Hochschule Augsburg

from 10/2005 until 02/2011

• Diploma in Informatics (Computer Science)
• Thesis: "Design and prototypical development of a service-based Web Content Management System"