Sam Anthony, Developer in Sydney, Australia
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Sam Anthony

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Software Developer

Location
Sydney, Australia
Toptal Member Since
July 20, 2015

Sam在web开发方面有20年的经验，他热衷于创建干净、可维护的代码. 他的主要强项是后端开发、DevOps和云基础设施. Sam有在伦敦与一个公司团队合作的经验，在他的家庭办公室独立工作.

PHPSymfony 3Amazon Web Services (AWS)ServerlessDevOpsPhpStormLaravelAWS LambdaAnsibleSystem AdministrationAjaxAmazon API GatewayMySQLJavaScriptApacheFull-Stack PHP

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, Linux

The most amazing...

...充满挑战和回报的职业经历让我创建了自己的初创公司，并担任了首席开发人员的角色.

Work Experience

CTO for Shopify App

2021 - 2021
Social Snowball IO LLC
  • 现代化小团队的工程方法，以结合自动化测试和更好地遵守编码标准.
  • 稳定现有项目，消除许多bug和漏洞.
  • Mentored junior and mid-level developers. Assisted in the recruitment of new developers.
技术:PHP, Git, Shopify API, CircleCI, SQL, Laravel

Lead Developer for an Accounting and Payment SaaS Platform

2017 - 2019
Rentpost
  • 将现有SaaS平台现代化为REST API架构.
  • Enhanced an existing application with AWS Services.
  • Derived microservices from a large monolithic application.
  • 优化现有的代码库并实现单元测试.
技术:亚马逊网络服务(AWS)、微服务、PHP

Lead Developer

2016 - 2017
Hauskontor.de
  • Helped coordinate a small team of developers.
  • Architected the application.
  • Worked in a fast-paced, ambitious startup environment.
Technologies: Ansible, Symfony 3

Lead Developer

2016 - 2016
Sports Standardized Athletic Testing
  • Build the entire MVP from the ground up with Symfony 3.
  • 拥有从规划到DevOps和开发的整个技术栈.
  • Worked with the client to deliver the MVP in timely fashion.
Technologies: Ansible, PHP, Symfony 3

Lead Web Developer

2012 - 2015
Vouched For
  • 使用Symfony 2从头开始构建整个web应用程序和REST API.
  • 为一个著名的英国支付网关(GoCardless)的公共Git项目做出贡献.
  • Mentored junior developers.
  • 参与了关于平台架构的主要决策.
  • 随着创业公司的发展，从最初的三名员工发展到现在的三十多名员工.
Technologies: Payment Gateways, Git, Doctrine 2

Founder/Developer

2010 - 2012
Realty Hub, Pty., Ltd.
  • 在确定房地产行业对新产品的需求后，成立了Realty Hub.
  • 监督软件开发的各个方面，从收集软件需求到PHP/Symfony 2中的应用程序开发.
  • Consulted existing users on how to improve the platform.
  • Contributed actively to non-dev aspects of the startup.
技术:支付网关，Git, XML, Web服务，jQuery, CSS, HTML, MySQL, PHP

Web Developer

2011 - 2011
Visual Domain
  • 作为短期合同工来帮助填补激增的工作量.
  • 与客户一起确定适合其情况的最佳软件解决方案.
  • 与公司内部开发人员合作，维护现有的编码实践，并将新模块与现有的工作流程集成.
Technologies: Ajax, jQuery, MySQL, CodeIgniter, PHP

Web Developer

2009 - 2010
MyHome Group
  • 开发了内部办公web应用程序和用PHP编写的面向公众的房地产门户.
  • Supported applications, 包括一个管理客户债务的财务系统和一个向客户提供交互式房地产媒体(虚拟旅游)的系统.
  • 与资深程序员一起工作，但也完全独立地完成自己的项目.
  • 听取非开发人员的需求，并建议/实施功能以简化办公室操作.
Technologies: XML, Ajax, jQuery, CSS, HTML, MySQL, PHP

Web Developer

2008 - 2008
Goose Creative
  • 作为一个从头开始构建的复杂CMS的首席程序员.
  • 向组织引入更好的软件工程文化(版本控制和文档实践).
  • 协调其他PHP开发人员、Flash开发人员和图形设计人员之间的工作.
  • 为各种客户管理并发项目之间的工作负载.
  • 在竞争激烈的数字代理行业的紧迫期限内工作.
Technologies: Ajax, CSS, HTML, MySQL, PHP

Junior Web Developer

2007 - 2007
AHM Australian Health Management
  • 帮助维护现有组件并创建新的网站和web应用程序功能.
  • 将大部分ASP代码移植到新的PHP 5平台.
  • Adjusted quickly as a junior to a new corporate environment.
Technologies: Web Services, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, PHP

Junior Web Developer

2006 - 2007
Freelance
  • 为小型网站和web应用程序设计后端, including features such as CMS and eCommerce websites.
  • 定期与客户沟通项目状态或改进用户需求.
  • 在适当的情况下与内部开发团队协调工作.
  • Networked to acquire my own clients.
  • 处理作为一个完全独立的初级开发者的所有挑战.
Technologies: eCommerce, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, MySQL, PHP

VouchedFor Website and Application

http://www.vouchedfor.co.uk/
我在VouchedFor做了两年的首席开发者. In that time, I built a medium/large web application. It was my responsibility to architect the platform. Later, as both the demands of the application grew, and the dev team grew, 我面临着将平台重新架构为REST API的责任.

Realty Hub Cloud Application

我创立了Realty Hub，并从头开始构建整个应用程序. 该应用程序是房地产摄影师和经纪人使用的一套工具. 其突出特点是房地产相关媒体云存储系统.

Due to consistent customer interest, the entire application has been re-platformed, 允许增强功能，例如响应式设计和更具可伸缩性的代码库.

StackOverflow Profile

http://stackoverflow.com/users/1241791/sam
I often engage with community on StackOverflow. 这是获得解决问题的新想法和从其他开发人员那里获得各种意见的好方法.

Public GitHub Projects

http://github.com/expertcoder
我有几个基于PHP、Symfony和DevOps的公共Git项目.

我经常在为客户工作时利用我现有的Git项目. 它帮助我减少了重复性的工作，提高了工作效率.

Languages

PHP, HTML, CSS, XML, Python, JavaScript, SQL

Frameworks

Symfony 4, Symfony 3, Laravel, CodeIgniter, Bootstrap 3

Paradigms

REST, DevOps，微服务，搜索引擎优化

Platforms

亚马逊网络服务(AWS)、AWS Lambda、Cin7、Docker、Mandrill、Linux

Other

AWS Certified Developer, PHP 8, Serverless, Reverb, Web Services, eCommerce, Amazon API Gateway, Payment Gateways, System Administration, Ajax, Computer Science, Computer Engineering

Tools

Ansible, PhpStorm, Amazon Cognito, AWS CloudFormation, AWS IAM, RabbitMQ, Jira, Trello, Apache, Vagrant, Mailchimp, Composer, Git, CircleCI

Libraries/APIs

Pandas, Doctrine 2, jQuery, Shopify API

Storage

Amazon DynamoDB, MySQL, Memcached

2004 - 2007

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

University of Wollongong - Wollongong, Australia

2001 - 2003

Manufacturing Technology Degree in Computer Engineering

卧龙岗技术和继续教育学院-卧龙岗，澳大利亚

DECEMBER 2018 - DECEMBER 2021

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

AWS

APRIL 2018 - APRIL 2021

AWS Certified Developer Associate

AWS

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