Bupa
Technical Lead
Duties + Achievements
Led a team of 5-6 web developers (within a group of 40) on the “Web Transformation” project – a rebuild of Bupa’s online presence. A working release of bupa.com.au was delivered in November 2010.
- Developed a front-end architecture based on “templates” and “components”, which enabled front-end developers and UX/designers to communicate better.
- Developed a workflow to make it easier for to integrate HTML/CSS with Vignette, by taking “snapshots” of Vignette pages and working with them locally, using a ‘base’ tag.
- Improved the web development process by implementing continuous integration (using TeamCity) and distributed versioning (using Mercurial). This resulted in faster feature delivery, and allowed for fine-grained release management.
- Improved page loading times by up to several seconds, by implementing a more efficient module pattern in the Javascript, which avoids function-call overhead.
- Took on a secondary role as release manager, coordinating deployment and testing between 9 developers and 4 testers.
- Sourced experienced candidates, conducted interviews and wrote technical tests.
Tech
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript
- jQuery
- Vignette CMS
- Java
- Spring
- JSP
- Maven
- Mercurial
Feedback
“Jonathan was a great front-end developer/lead. He not only helped establish the front-end development team, but also set the direction and standards. Full of initiative and great ideas, Jonathan made a great and valuable contribution to the team.”
– Delivery Manager
“Jonathan strived to provide the team with easy to use development environments, documented processes and clear direction on tasks. Great Technical Lead I'd enjoy working with again.”
– Senior Developer
“Jonathan was an enthusiastic Technical Lead pushing new exciting technologies, setting up strong standards and provided clear directions on tasks.”
– Developer
Projects
- Bupa Web Transformation
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