Nicolas Gallagher

Software Engineer, Front-End

Website
http://nicolasgallagher.com
Email

About me

Front-End Software Engineer at Twitter. I have experience developing component-based architectures, site planning, and user interface design. Previously, I worked on projects for ASOS, Lyst, National Health Service, Arthritis Research UK, London 2012, Royal Mail, and UCL.

I contribute to Open Source Software projects, in particular as a core developer for HTML5 Boilerplate, and as the co-creator of Normalize.css

Expertise

Professional capabilities

Technical skills

Experience

Software Engineer, Front-End

at Twitter Inc.

April 2012–Present

Designed a scalable CSS architecture and lead a significant rewrite of the HTML/CSS components for TweetDeck 2.0. Rewrote the TweetDeck build script using Grunt.

Front-End Engineer

at Nicolas Gallagher Ltd.

September 2010–Present

Front-end development and consultancy. Specialised in creating modern, accessible, scalable, and robust front-end components. Worked for companies including Poke, Profero, and Lyst.

Product Designer / Co-founder

at Oodeals

December 2010–February 2012

Responsible for Product Design and Front-End Development. Git, jQuery, CakePHP.

UI Developer (Freelance) for ASOS Marketplace

via Profero

October 2010–June 2011

Core team member delivering front-end components. Agile development (Scrum), Mercurial, .NET MVC environment.

Front-End Developer

as Freelancer

February 2010–September 2010

Freelance front-end developer working on short- and long-term contracts. Worked at agencies including Skive, The Tin, BCL, Gyro.

Senior Interface Developer

at Reading Room

January 2008–January 2010

Lead front-end developer, internal and client-facing accessibility and UX consultant. Author of Reading Room’s Coding Standards for Interface Developers document. Advised on the appropriate use of open source software, decentralised content, and “social media”.

Work

Articles

Education

Goldsmiths College, University of London

MA (Distinction), Social Anthropology

2005–2006

University of Cambridge

MA, Biological Anthropology

2001–2005

Wellington College

Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths, Further Maths (5 A's)

1997–2001