Jamie Bray

Senior Full Stack Developer

6 years experience in designing and scaling web solutions.
Passionate about code quality, performance optimisations, and scalable architecture.

jamie@jamiebray.me |  LinkedIn  |  GitHub
Vancouver BC, Canada (formerly Perth, Western Australia)

Back in September 2022, I embarked on a journey to backpack all throughout Europe and Asia, and
I am now happily establishing myself in Vancouver, BC with an open working visa.

I have a proven record of delivering exceptional results within fast-paced agile environments and tight deadlines. As I’ve been out of the game for a while, my passion and enthusiasm has never been stronger!

• Transformed the underground tracking system by developing a real-time 3D web application.
  Developed with React, Three.js, MUI, Storybook, and WebSockets.
• Streamlined testing and deployment processes by implementing a robust CI/CD pipeline.
  Leveraged GitHub Actions, Kubernetes with AWS EKS, ArgoCD, and Helm, managed with GitOps.
• Modernised outdated systems, enhancing the team's hiring capabilities and scalability.
  Deployed a Typescript, Node.js, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, Postgres and PostGIS stack.
• Expanded live tracking capabilities by integrating drawable geofences and COVID-19 contact tracing.
  Utilised Leaflet and D3.js in combination with React, Node.js, Python, and Postgres.
• Mentored junior developers to improve code quality and encourage 100% test coverage.
  Automated Jest with GitHub Actions, and Storybook with Chromatic.

• Developed server-side rendered React to maintain the platform's status as a leader in SEO.
  Next.js with React, TypeScript, Apollo GraphQL, Jest and Storybook.
• Collaborated closely with the design team to create a reusable design language library.
  React, Storybook, Figma, Atomic Design, CSS, styled-components
• Developed software to seamlessly sync practitioner data to the cloud.
  Using the C++ framework Qt, syncing SQL databases with API calls.
• Led the media team development, managing deadlines and ensuring 100% test coverage.
  Developed with React and Node.js, with Agile Sprints, and Jira from Atlassian.

Skills Summary

• 6 years JavaScript - Typescript, React, Node.js, Next.js, Storybook, Jest, Three.js, HTML, GraphQL
• 6 years Docker - Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, VCluster, Devspace, Minikube
• 6 years SQL - PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, PostGIS
• 6 years CSS - SASS, CSS modules, styled-components
• 4 years AWS - EKS, RDS, IAM, MSK, S3, CloudFront, Route53
• 3 years C++ - CMake, Google Benchmark, Catch2, Qt, Flecs, SFML
• 3 years PHP - Laravel, Yii, SLIM, PHPStan

Notable personal projects

• Maximising Browser Performance
  Demonstrated high-performance capabilities of JavaScript in a browser environment.
  Leveraging WebWorkers, Atomics, Typed Arrays and Canvas to achieve C++ like performance.
• Micro-optimisations in C++
  Conducted in-depth research on C++ performance, exploring topics such as
  branchless logic, bitwise operations, CPU caching, compiler differences, and job pooling.
• Check out my GitHub for more!