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Gabriel Bull
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Gabriel is an accomplished developer who excels at development, design, and branding. He combines these skills every day to imagine, draw, and build amazing websites and web applications for his clients, from initial ideation and vision to final deployment.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git, PyCharm, PhpStorm, MacOS, Linux
The most amazing...
...project I've built is a CMS using all modern features of the web.
Work Experience
Front-end Developer | UX and UI
Seal Jobs
- Developed an iOS and Android app to allow students in Belgium to apply for work.
- Developed a PWA for recruiters to match with students.
- Built a continuous integration workflow to test and deploy the apps.
Lead Front-end Developer
Tentaroo
- Developed a PWA that allows scouts councils to manage their events and merchandise.
- Developed a PWA that allows scouts and their families to book and pay for events, merchandise, and facilities.
- Helped the back-end engineer implement a server-side rendering of the React app for their .NET back end.
CTO, Chief Technology Officer
Totem Acoustic
- Developed a web application to automatize the client's sales workflow, and allows their clients to place orders, which are then automatically entered in the Sage 50 accounting software, and linked with UPS and many other APIs.
- Designed the logo and branding for the company.
- Designed and developed the company's website using a custom made CMS.
- Designed a micro-site for one of the company's products by combining parallax effects and responsive design.
- Developed a dealer locator using Smart Search for city names, provinces/states or Postal Code/ZIP Code, and integrated it with Google Maps.
Lead Developer/Devops
Flighthub
- Created an automated continuous integration platform using Puppet, Fabric and Vagrant.
- Migrated whole code base from the outdated Solar PHP framework to Symfony PHP Framework while creating a transition period with no downtime.
- Created tools to gather and analyse business intelligence data from multiple sources.
- Implemented Agile methodologies, SOLID Principles, continuous integration, unit testing to the whole company.
- Provided help to the hiring process.
Development and Design Consultant
CRI Agence
- Improved the web development workflow in the company by implementing a portable development environment with Vagrant and Puppet.
- Switched the version control system of the company from Subversion to Git, implemented a cloud platform to allow developers to work from home.
- Developed most of the front-end and back-end of a web application for one of the largest banks in Canada.
- Created a team to implement workflows for LESS and SASS, using CSS preprocessors.
- Developed all front-end and back-end of an extranet for colleges in the Quebec province, to allow them courses and classes management.
- Implemented a secure workflow for the company with Git, Puppet, Linux and SSH, replacing the deprecated FTP deployment workflow.
President, Director of the Operations
Blink Medias Inc.
- Hired and led a development, sales and design team of 6.
- Learned about accounting, accounting software and every aspect of business management.
- Responsible for branding, design, and development.
- Implemented a state-of-the-art server management system and learned security and deployment techniques using Linux, SSH, Puppet and Git.
Workflow, development and design consultant
KABS Laboratories
- Designed and developed the website using a custom made CMS.
- Created a promotional video using Final Cut Pro and Motion.
- Developed a secure application for the clients to access their personal files, reports and requests.
VP, Director of Technologies
Just Bull Inc.
- Developed a PHP Framework from the ground up, which improved the development and design process.
- Hired and led a development and design team.
Experience
Desjardins Business Tools
https://www.desjardins-business-tools.comFlighthub
http://www.flighthub.comTotem Acoustic
http://totemacoustic.com/DomPdf
https://github.com/dompdf/dompdfGeotools
PHPWord
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWordPHP Daemon for handling and managing Gearman Workers
https://github.com/gabrielbull/php-gearman-handlerBrowser, Operating System (OS), and Language Detection PHP Library
https://github.com/gabrielbull/php-browserGoogle Site Search custom search PHP Wrapper Library
https://github.com/gabrielbull/php-sitesearchUPS API PHP Wrapper
https://github.com/gabrielbull/php-ups-apiSkills
Languages
HTML, GraphQL, TypeScript, SQL, CSS3, ES7, Regex, ECMAScript (ES6), Bash, Less, PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, SCSS, Sass, Swift, Objective-C, Python
Frameworks
Jest, Next.js, Material UI, NestJS, Rx, Redux, Bootstrap, ZURB Foundation, Express.js, Java Agent DEvelopment (JADE), Flux, Foundation CSS, Express.io, React Native, CodeIgniter, Silex, Laravel 5, Slim, PHPUnit, Gearman, Bootstrap 3, Twig, Laravel, Symfony 2, AngularJS, Flask
Libraries/APIs
MooTools, Google Maps API, UPS API, React Native for Web, REST APIs, Stripe API, ReactiveX, RxJS, Fabric, React, Lodash, YouTube API, EJS, Handlebars, Twilio API, Backbone.js, Facebook Open Graph API, jQuery, Backbone.Marionette, Facebook API, Twitter API, LinkedIn API, Node.js, Stripe, Doctrine 2, Marionette.js, jQuery UI, Underscore.js, Google Maps, Puppet.js, Mustache, Immutable.js, Moment.js, Google Maps JavaScript API 3, React Router, React Redux, Firebase Web SDK, Firebase iOS SDK, Firebase Android SDK, React Navigation, Formik, Lottie-iOS, Redux-Saga, Yup, Reselect
Tools
Puppet, Subversion (SVN), Sage 50, Expo, GitHub, Expo.io, Apple Push Notifications, Adobe Photoshop, Google Analytics, NPM, Webpack, Docker Swarm, Docker Compose, JSHint, Bower, PostCSS, Bourbon, Gulp, Babel, Composer, Git, PhpStorm, Grunt, Vagrant, Bourbon Neat, Redux Thunk, React Apollo, Firebase Analytics, Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), Crashlytics, Bugsnag
Paradigms
Database Design, Reactive Programming, Agile Software Development, REST, Unit Testing, Automated Server Deployment, Continuous Integration (CI)
Platforms
Firebase, Heroku, Kubernetes, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Linode, DigitalOcean, Linux, MacOS, Windows, iOS, WordPress, Android
Storage
PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Databases, Database Architecture, SQLite, NoSQL, MariaDB, MySQLi, MySQL, Redis, Memcached, MongoDB, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Industry Expertise
Web Design
Other
Geolocation, Apollo, Apollo Server, TypeORM, Styled-components, Full-stack, Web Development, Front-end, Gatsby, Push Notifications, Security, Leadership, PWA, Progressive Web Applications (PWA), Back-end, APIs, Cloud Architecture, CI/CD Pipelines, User Interface (UI), Reactive Streams, ESLint, CommonJS, Browsersync, Neat, Unix Shell Scripting, Branding, Quality Assurance (QA), Design, Architecture, WebSockets, OAuth, User Experience (UX), Social Media Login, Axios, i18next, Lottie, React Native Reanimated, Enzyme
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Cegep du Vieux-Montreal - Montreal, Canada
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