Modlify

Senior DeveloperFebruary 2023 - July 2024

N.B. Modlify and Clinchd are two different products from the same business as a result of a pivot in early 2023.

Project Overview

A workflow management solution leveraging AI to help businesses eliminate inefficiencies and foster collaboration in a transparent environment.

Key Contributions

• Collaboratively architected and built a scalable SaaS product from concept to launch over an 18-month period with a team of two full-time and one part-time senior developers.
• Post-pivot, took responsibility for all areas of app development, including product direction, technical planning, UX design, and feature delivery.
• Delivered full-stack features end-to-end using TypeScript, React, Apollo GraphQL, NestJS, and PostgreSQL.
• Selected and integrated third-party providers for key features like notifications, CSV import, and onboarding flows, enabling the team to focus on core app features.
• Optimised AI prompt performance for our specific use case, resulting in more accurate and thorough responses.
• Gained valuable insights into the SaaS market and user behaviour, enhancing understanding of market needs and product development strategies.

Clinchd

DeveloperJanuary 2022 - January 2023

Project Overview

A sales pipeline/CRM software aimed at reducing irrelevant sales admin, improving team collaboration, and providing intelligent pipeline information.

Key Contributions

• Contributed to the development of the MVP and successfully launched the product to market.
• Worked cross-functionally with product and design teams, introducing asynchronous communication tools like Loom to reduce developer time lost in meetings.
• Delivered full-stack features end-to-end using TypeScript, React, Apollo GraphQL, NodeJS and CosmosDB.
• Developed a mobile application with the same codebase using Capacitor, delivering mobile-only features such as contacts integration.
• Acted as code review champion, improving and codifying PR review practices, leading to better code outcomes.
• Championed accessibility, gave presentations to developers and designers, and improved UI components to comply with WCAG guidelines.
• Led usability testing processes to generate actionable insights and improve the app's user experience.
• Reviewed front-end testing practices, balancing heavyweight e2e tests with Cypress and lightweight unit/integration tests with Jest and React Testing Library.

EHAB (Ehabitation Ltd.)

Front-end DeveloperJune 2020 - January 2022

Project Overview

EHAB's weather risk management platform helps construction innovators win more bids, plan more effectively, and better manage extreme weather events.

Key Contributions

• Contributed to the development of both the prototype and MVP, successfully launching the product to market.
• Worked effectively within a small development team, engaging in pair-programming and conducting code reviews.
• Took responsibility for the majority of front-end work across two apps: a cross-platform Android/iOS prototype app using Ionic/Capacitor and a desktop web application using React.
• Extensively used the Firebase ecosystem (Firestore, Cloud Functions, Storage, Auth, Hosting) and contributed to app backend business logic with serverless functions.
• Worked in an Agile environment using a Kanban/Scrum hybrid framework and contributed as Scrum Master when needed.
• Promoted e2e tests with Cypress and integration tests with Jest.

danielcooper.io

Freelance Web DeveloperFebruary 2019 - Present

Sample Work : RP Financial Group

July 2019

Live Site: rpfingroup.com | Code: Github

Project Overview

Website for an Asia – Pacific based financial advisors’ group.

Key Contributions

• Worked closely with the clients to map out requirements and delivered the product in a timely manner.
• Followed the jamstack model using the key technologies of Gatsby, Contentful and Netlify functions.

 

Side Project : CDK Translator

August 2024

Live Site: CDK Translator | Code: Github

Project Overview

A Google Translate style app that translates text from one language to another using Amazon Translate. Built as a means to fill in some knowledge gaps.

Key Features & Technologies

• Saves translations for viewing later
• Optionally delete saved translations
• IaC using AWS CDK
• Backend business-logic using Lambda
• Cognito authentication
• DynamoDB as persistance layer
• Frontend styles using Tailwind

 

Side Project : Video Summariser

August 2024

Live Site: Video Summariser | Code: Github

Project Overview

Take any Youtube URL and generate a text summary of it, providing it has English captions.

Key Features & Technologies

• Robust Youtube URL validation
• Returns transcript + summary
• Summarises using OpenAI API
• Summaries and transcripts cached with Redis
• Auth with Clerk
• Option to send email with summary
• Option to download as PDF
• PWA for saving to homescreen