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Freddie Ridell

Hi, I'm Freddie Ridell. I'm a Frontend JavaScript Contractor working mainly with React. On this site you can find my Blog Posts, details of my Open Source Work, and Knitting & Crochet Projects.

Skills

Javascript/Typescript/Flow, ES6+
React, React Native, Redux
Express, REST, GraphQL
Babel, Webpack, Parcel, Next.js
Linux, Shell, Git
Rust, C, C++
Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration/Deployment
Podcasting, Voice Acting
Juggling, Knitting, Crochet
Standup & Sketch Comedy

Experience

Senior React Contractor

Workshare, Sharp Gaming

I have provided my development services for several clients, working as part of agile teams to deliver high quality web apps using modern react.

In addition to development I have also trained junior team members, onboarded incoming mid/senior level developers, and driven foundational technical changes across codebases. I was trusted to investigate and implement the core state-management solution for a large scale green-field app, and drove an initiative to adopt state-of-the-art unit testing of an otherwise untested 200k LOC codebase.

Co-founder/Lead Developer

Codogo

The core focus of my work has been producing Codogo Write, a modern writing web app with a focus on ease-of-use and polished user experience. We were invited to pitch with Y Combinator in California on the strength of the MVP I developed

To support development of this product, I produced complex web and native apps and websites for over 20 clients, across a breadth of fields (including chat apps, social networks, and data-vis) both from scratch and on legacy systems in React and React Native

Development Intern

Amazon Instant Video

I worked on Amazon’s native instant video player: a large scale real-time c++ codebase. I was responsible for porting it to OS X and fixing performance-critical memory bugs. Taking responsibility for mission-critical software and working to provide tooling for other developers allowed me to gain valuable experience in communicating with other developers across many other teams across Amazon

Computer Science Degree (2:1)

Durham University

Dissertation: Designing, evaluating, and optimizing a system for population simulation

During my degree I studied a wide range of subjects: from runtime/space analysis and higher order logic to database systems and software development best practices. My exposure to the full range of modern software at a world renowned university provided me with the rock solid foundation I needed to hit the ground running providing elegant and powerful solutions to every problem I've encountered since