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Senior Software Engineer

Verve is a location-based mobile marketing platform that connects advertisers with consumers to deliver successful business outcomes.

I thrive on learning new technologies and leveraging the power of these new technologies to change the web. I love the fast pace of the startup environment which fosters lots of creative innovation and the passion to wear multiple hats. Traditionally I enjoy crafting back-end code BUT in the past few years there has been a enormous change in the way front-end applications are now written that I have shifted my focus a bit with an emphasis towards Javascript App Development. With MV* Frameworks, the CommonJS API, Build Tools, Headless/Browser Testing, the possibilities are almost endless with what you can do on and for the web. How can you not wan't to create Applications that can be tweaked slightly to work across multiple platforms. Oh and I also have a soft spot for Open Source and its vastly growing community. Specialties: Languages: PHP(OOP), Javascript, HTML(4/5), OOCSS(Less/Sass), Python, Java, C++, Bash Data Stores: MySQL, Redis, Mongo Commonly Used: Languages: JavaScript, NodeJS, PHP5, Java, Python Data Stores: Redis, MySQL, Mongo Meta-Languages: SASS, LESS Frameworks: Backbone, Marionette, AngularJS, Bootstrap, Symfony, Silex Testing Frameworks: Jasmine, NodeUnit, PhpUnit, Karma, Chai CI: Jenkins, Travis Misc: REST, AMQP(RabbitMQ), JSON, AJAX, CORS, PhoneGap(Cordova) Source Control: GIT, Subversion, Perforce Build Tools: Grunt, Apache Ant, Phing, Gulp Platforms: OSX, Unix Development Methodologies : Scrum/Agile