Tom Lord

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Senior/Lead engineer, primarily using Ruby On Rails and associated technologies.

I have worked in a variety of roles since 2012 - sometimes as a "solo" developer, or in a small team; and more recently as a tech lead in a larger organisation. I've primarily worked with Rails applications, but also had quite a bit of exposure to the wider spectrum of technology over the years.

At one time or another, I have been in charge of: VM configuration; NGINX settings (including SSL certificate management); email delivery management; AWS administration; Jenkins/continuous integration and delivery configuration; Google Ad Manager; SEO optimisation; ...

I've also had plenty of exposure to front-end development - such as: (to an extent) application layout/design; CSS; and Javascript/JQuery/CoffeeScript/etc. More recently, I've helped develop larger SPAs using JS Frameworks such as EmberJS; and have started to use Elm in daily workflow.

... But Ruby is what I enjoy working on most. Especially "Ruby Off Rails", where the pure language is really elegant to work with.