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Samuel Larsen-Disney

www.sld.codes | s.larsendisney@gmail.com

With six years' experience using ReactJS and front-end frameworks, this web developer is well-versed in building performant and accessible applications. Looking for the next challenge to elevate customer experience and engagement.

VISUALIZATIONS
EXPERIENCE

Software Developer

Amplitude, London | 2022 - Present

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Developed Data Home, a new home page for data governance within Amplitude.

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Introduced animation to governance product lines to improve user experience.

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Organized Amplitude's first external hackathon.

JS, ReactJS, Framer Motion, Cypress, Vanilla Extract, TypeScript, Jest, GraphQL, NextJS, Design Systems

Senior Front-End Developer

Zone Digital, London | 2021 - 2022

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Building a global real world data analytics platform for the life sciences and healthcare industries.

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Building custom UI libraries for clients.

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Presenting new technologies to my engineering colleagues at 'Breakout Zone.'

Engineering Management, Design Agency, JS, ReactJS, Jest, TypeScript, NextJS

UX Engineer & Product Manager

Behaviour Lab, London | 2021

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Responsible for leading UI development of Behaviour Lab's SaaS product targeted at asset managers, private equity firms, insurance companies and executive boards.

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Built the company's component library, testing frameworks and setup CI/CD pipelines.

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Product managed the company's first commercial product. Planning its features with stake holders, highlighting cross functional dependencies and running agile ceremonies

Product Management, JS, ReactJS, Jest, TypeScript, GatsbyJS, NextJS, TailwindCSS

Front-End Engineer

American Express, London | 2020 - 2021

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Responsible for creating and maintaining performant, acessible ReactJS and JS components used across the organisation's online presence.

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Created tools that allow us to measure how our components are being used. Versions, bundle size, accessiblity, best practices and SEO impacts are tracked automatically.

JS, ReactJS, Jest, Redux, GatsbyJS, Emotion, Styled Components, Jest, NextJS, Invision

UX Engineer

American Express, London | 2019 - 2020

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Developed a new referral experience that features enhanced referral rewards for platinum and gold card members. It has engaged with 600,000 customers to date.

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Created a self-service automation tool for assesing a webpage's performance, accessibilty and generating screenshots of the page for multiple view ports. This has increased the ability for markets to self service, reducing the need to engage engineers to acquire this information.

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Facilitated design sprints and lightening decision jams to help the team ideate.

-

Built web-ready animations, onboarding experiences, faster sites in newer frameworks and chat bots.

User Experience, JS, Typescript, ReactJS, Redux, GatsbyJS, GraphQL, Node, Electron

TECHNICAL SKILLS

JavaScript

HTML

Node

ReactJS

Electron

Websockets

Redux

React Native

GatsbyJS

NextJS

Express

GraphQL

Typescript

Jenkins

Jest

Python

DESIGN EXPERTISE

User Research

Usability Testing

Visual Design

Design Sprints

DESIGN TOOLS

Sketch

Invision

Figma

After Effects

Illustrator

Photoshop

Premiere

AdobeXD

EDUCATION

Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence BSc - King's College London University

Dissertation on using visual search engines to combat fake news.

INTERESTS

Book Writing

"The Hackathon Survival Guide" | June 2022

"Elevating React Web Development with Gatsby" | Jan 2022

Hackathons

Attended 60+ hacks as an attendee, mentor or sponsor. I have a bit of a reputation for staying up all night.

This CV was coded in ReactJS.

Samuel Larsen-Disney

www.sld.codes | s.larsendisney@gmail.com

With six years' experience using ReactJS and front-end frameworks, this web developer is well-versed in building performant and accessible applications. Looking for the next challenge to elevate customer experience and engagement.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

JavaScript

HTML

Node

ReactJS

Electron

Websockets

Redux

React Native

GatsbyJS

NextJS

Express

GraphQL

Typescript

Jenkins

Jest

Python

DESIGN EXPERTISE

User Research

Usability Testing

Visual Design

Design Sprints

DESIGN TOOLS

Sketch

Invision

Figma

After Effects

Illustrator

Photoshop

Premiere

AdobeXD

EDUCATION

Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence BSc - King's College London University

Dissertation on using visual search engines to combat fake news.

INTERESTS

Book Writing

"The Hackathon Survival Guide" | June 2022

"Elevating React Web Development with Gatsby" | Jan 2022

Hackathons

Attended 60+ hacks as an attendee, mentor or sponsor. I have a bit of a reputation for staying up all night.

This CV was coded in ReactJS.

VISUALIZATIONS
EXPERIENCE

Software Developer

Amplitude, London | 2022 - Present

-

Developed Data Home, a new home page for data governance within Amplitude.

-

Introduced animation to governance product lines to improve user experience.

-

Organized Amplitude's first external hackathon.

JS, ReactJS, Framer Motion, Cypress, Vanilla Extract, TypeScript, Jest, GraphQL, NextJS, Design Systems

Senior Front-End Developer

Zone Digital, London | 2021 - 2022

-

Building a global real world data analytics platform for the life sciences and healthcare industries.

-

Building custom UI libraries for clients.

-

Presenting new technologies to my engineering colleagues at 'Breakout Zone.'

Engineering Management, Design Agency, JS, ReactJS, Jest, TypeScript, NextJS

UX Engineer & Product Manager

Behaviour Lab, London | 2021

-

Responsible for leading UI development of Behaviour Lab's SaaS product targeted at asset managers, private equity firms, insurance companies and executive boards.

-

Built the company's component library, testing frameworks and setup CI/CD pipelines.

-

Product managed the company's first commercial product. Planning its features with stake holders, highlighting cross functional dependencies and running agile ceremonies

Product Management, JS, ReactJS, Jest, TypeScript, GatsbyJS, NextJS, TailwindCSS

Front-End Engineer

American Express, London | 2020 - 2021

-

Responsible for creating and maintaining performant, acessible ReactJS and JS components used across the organisation's online presence.

-

Created tools that allow us to measure how our components are being used. Versions, bundle size, accessiblity, best practices and SEO impacts are tracked automatically.

JS, ReactJS, Jest, Redux, GatsbyJS, Emotion, Styled Components, Jest, NextJS, Invision

UX Engineer

American Express, London | 2019 - 2020

-

Developed a new referral experience that features enhanced referral rewards for platinum and gold card members. It has engaged with 600,000 customers to date.

-

Created a self-service automation tool for assesing a webpage's performance, accessibilty and generating screenshots of the page for multiple view ports. This has increased the ability for markets to self service, reducing the need to engage engineers to acquire this information.

-

Facilitated design sprints and lightening decision jams to help the team ideate.

-

Built web-ready animations, onboarding experiences, faster sites in newer frameworks and chat bots.

User Experience, JS, Typescript, ReactJS, Redux, GatsbyJS, GraphQL, Node, Electron