Danielle Huntrods
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Mike Francis
I worked with Danielle indirectly for over a year as a peer while at Bulb, working as a Software Engineer. I always found her to be friendly, approachable and knowledgeable about her craft. I then managed Danielle’s team for about 7 months. It was during this role I realised just how impactful she was at Bulb and the importance of her role in the engineering organisation. Her planning work was thorough and exemplary, and other members of the team benefitted directly from her mentoring. Although Danielle’s front end knowledge is at an expert level, she strives to expand her learning in back end technologies and security, playing a huge role in application security at Bulb. Danielle got a deserved promotion into line management and I once again got the opportunity to work with her as a peer again. My only regret is that I didn’t get to spend more time working with Danielle at the helms of our software teams; she is an amazing, empathetic leader who, while working in a fast paced team with a very fluid roadmap, always had her teams best interests at heart, actively developing people and finding them opportunities to grow. I would work with Danielle again without hesitation and whether staying hands-on, moving full-time into management (or a mixture of both), she would be an enormous asset to any engineering organisation.
👨🏻💻 Andy Budd
AWESOME developer, great speaker, LOVELY person. Could not recommend Danielle more!
Mike Francis
I worked with Danielle indirectly for over a year as a peer while at Bulb, working as a Software Engineer. I always found her to be friendly, approachable and knowledgeable about her craft. I then managed Danielle’s team for about 7 months. It was during this role I realised just how impactful she was at Bulb and the importance of her role in the engineering organisation. Her planning work was thorough and exemplary, and other members of the team benefitted directly from her mentoring. Although Danielle’s front end knowledge is at an expert level, she strives to expand her learning in back end technologies and security, playing a huge role in application security at Bulb. Danielle got a deserved promotion into line management and I once again got the opportunity to work with her as a peer again. My only regret is that I didn’t get to spend more time working with Danielle at the helms of our software teams; she is an amazing, empathetic leader who, while working in a fast paced team with a very fluid roadmap, always had her teams best interests at heart, actively developing people and finding them opportunities to grow. I would work with Danielle again without hesitation and whether staying hands-on, moving full-time into management (or a mixture of both), she would be an enormous asset to any engineering organisation.
👨🏻💻 Andy Budd
AWESOME developer, great speaker, LOVELY person. Could not recommend Danielle more!
Mike Francis
I worked with Danielle indirectly for over a year as a peer while at Bulb, working as a Software Engineer. I always found her to be friendly, approachable and knowledgeable about her craft. I then managed Danielle’s team for about 7 months. It was during this role I realised just how impactful she was at Bulb and the importance of her role in the engineering organisation. Her planning work was thorough and exemplary, and other members of the team benefitted directly from her mentoring. Although Danielle’s front end knowledge is at an expert level, she strives to expand her learning in back end technologies and security, playing a huge role in application security at Bulb. Danielle got a deserved promotion into line management and I once again got the opportunity to work with her as a peer again. My only regret is that I didn’t get to spend more time working with Danielle at the helms of our software teams; she is an amazing, empathetic leader who, while working in a fast paced team with a very fluid roadmap, always had her teams best interests at heart, actively developing people and finding them opportunities to grow. I would work with Danielle again without hesitation and whether staying hands-on, moving full-time into management (or a mixture of both), she would be an enormous asset to any engineering organisation.
👨🏻💻 Andy Budd
AWESOME developer, great speaker, LOVELY person. Could not recommend Danielle more!
Mike Francis
I worked with Danielle indirectly for over a year as a peer while at Bulb, working as a Software Engineer. I always found her to be friendly, approachable and knowledgeable about her craft. I then managed Danielle’s team for about 7 months. It was during this role I realised just how impactful she was at Bulb and the importance of her role in the engineering organisation. Her planning work was thorough and exemplary, and other members of the team benefitted directly from her mentoring. Although Danielle’s front end knowledge is at an expert level, she strives to expand her learning in back end technologies and security, playing a huge role in application security at Bulb. Danielle got a deserved promotion into line management and I once again got the opportunity to work with her as a peer again. My only regret is that I didn’t get to spend more time working with Danielle at the helms of our software teams; she is an amazing, empathetic leader who, while working in a fast paced team with a very fluid roadmap, always had her teams best interests at heart, actively developing people and finding them opportunities to grow. I would work with Danielle again without hesitation and whether staying hands-on, moving full-time into management (or a mixture of both), she would be an enormous asset to any engineering organisation.
👨🏻💻 Andy Budd
AWESOME developer, great speaker, LOVELY person. Could not recommend Danielle more!
Experience
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Sunsave
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United Kingdom
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Solar Electric Power Generation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Software Engineer
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Jun 2022 - Present
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Sanity
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Full Stack Engineer
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Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
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Bulb
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United Kingdom
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Utilities
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Software Engineer
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May 2021 - Feb 2022
Working in a combined engineering manager/individual contributor role, establishing a new team within the revenue assurance group. In addition to my previous software engineering responsibilities, current responsibilities also include:- Supporting team members in the planning and delivery of new self-serve account features and improvements to our automated processes- Working with our business analyst and tech lead to scope, plan, and deliver technical improvements across our domain- Running regular 1:1 sessions and performance reviews to support team member’s growth and career progression- Working with our project manager to plan quarterly and long-term goals- Mentoring for Bulb’s internal SWE0 program
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Software Engineer
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May 2019 - May 2021
Software Engineer working on the Bulb account team, responsible for feature work and maintenance of both the web-based Bulb account and the React native Bulb app.- Planned and delivered a wide range of features including pay review journeys, payments & statements pages, and updated meter reading functionality- Set up monitoring and alerting for all new features and responded to incidents when necessary- Tracked and reported on the impact of new features via A/B testing and analytics- Member of the design system and security champion for our pod- Onboarded new joiners and mentored junior colleagues- Took part in interviewing and delivered improvements to the interview process- Gave talks at “Making Bulb” product sessions and delivered a talk at React.js Girls- Led a multi-team initiative to improve security across Bulb account
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Clearleft
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United Kingdom
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Developer
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Jun 2018 - May 2019
In addition to standard senior development roles, responsible for strategy, standards, client pre-sales and pitching. Significantly expanded front-end business development within the company.Core skills utilised: Communication, collaboration and strategy.- Led technical discovery sprints to validate proposed application architectures- Produced external communications in the form of conference talks, blog posts, and workshops- Shared knowledge internally via informal presentations on front-end and pattern library best practices- Established new project initiation and handover frameworks- Created professional development framework- Trained junior developers on advanced topics
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Senior Front-end Developer
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Aug 2016 - Jun 2018
Responsible for all aspects of delivery from establishing scope to final code deliverables.Core skills utilised: React, Redux and GraphQL, Vue and Vuex, Storybook, Fractal, and Nuxt, CSS/SCSS/PostCSS, and Node.- Communicated directly with clients to determine the most appropriate solution for their specific requirements- Introduced test conventions and frameworks for front-end/presentation-layer code- Built living pattern libraries with bespoke CSS frameworks in the technologies listed above- Worked cross-functionally with both internal and client design and development teams to ensure front-end deliverables met all requirements
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Firefly Learning
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Freelance Front-end Developer
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Nov 2015 - Aug 2016
- Built a pattern library to enable Firefly to build and test solid html, css, and js/React components, with the distinct and challenging functionality of allowing for xslt templates in a node build environment. The pattern library provides a separate environment to build and test patterns and their respective css in isolated units, with full control over data so as to test multiple variations of patterns, their groupings, and how they react to varying inputs (e.g. differing text lengths, languages, etc). Having each block isolated encourages separation of responsibilities (e.g. containers vs modules) and a modular approach. - Introduced (on front-end) and supported adoption (on back-end) of a module loader system for js development to support clean and modular development - Helped develop new conventions for css coding, leading to rulesets that are easy to understand, reason about, and modify - Introduced a test convention and framework for front-end/presentation-layer code - Built numerous modules following a responsive, mobile-first approach - Integrated pattern library into production .NET project
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Director / Developer
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Oct 2010 - Aug 2016
Worked with clients such as the BBC, Firefly Learning, and the Wellcome Trust on a wide variety of challenging projects. These ranged from Flash games, to browser-boundary-pushing artist websites, to bespoke Node-based pattern library viewers capable of parsing XSLT templates, to online art-directed narratives progressively integrating video, animation, and sound via browser APIs . Worked with clients such as the BBC, Firefly Learning, and the Wellcome Trust on a wide variety of challenging projects. These ranged from Flash games, to browser-boundary-pushing artist websites, to bespoke Node-based pattern library viewers capable of parsing XSLT templates, to online art-directed narratives progressively integrating video, animation, and sound via browser APIs .
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Wellcome Trust
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Freelance Front-end Developer
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Nov 2014 - Dec 2015
I was hired by The Wellcome Trust to help complete the second phase of the Digital Stories project [http://digitalstories.wellcomecollection.org] I was hired by The Wellcome Trust to help complete the second phase of the Digital Stories project [http://digitalstories.wellcomecollection.org]
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Clearleft
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United Kingdom
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Freelance Front-end Developer
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Oct 2014 - Nov 2014
Clearleft hired me to help complete the Wellcome Trust's Digital Stories project: [http://digitalstories.wellcomecollection.org/]. A collection of art-directed narratives, it showcases the Trust's extensive and eccentric collection; the first story to be published is Mindcraft which takes the viewer back in time to a "century of madness, murder, and mental healing". Clearleft hired me to help complete the Wellcome Trust's Digital Stories project: [http://digitalstories.wellcomecollection.org/]. A collection of art-directed narratives, it showcases the Trust's extensive and eccentric collection; the first story to be published is Mindcraft which takes the viewer back in time to a "century of madness, murder, and mental healing".
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Plug-In Media Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Freelance Flash Developer
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May 2011 - Jan 2014
Flash games development for clients such as the BBC Flash games development for clients such as the BBC
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X Communications
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Ireland
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Interactive Developer
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Dec 2006 - Sep 2010
HTML/CSS, Javascript, Flash games and museum interactives development HTML/CSS, Javascript, Flash games and museum interactives development
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Contributor
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Jul 2005 - Jul 2005
Published a half-page book review on July 16th in The Calgary Herald newspaper’s Books and the Arts section as a freelance contributor. Published a half-page book review on July 16th in The Calgary Herald newspaper’s Books and the Arts section as a freelance contributor.
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Premier GPS Inc.
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Canada
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Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
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Web Designer/Developer
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Sep 2004 - Jun 2005
HTML/CSS, Flash animation, design & development, 3D Prototyping, Print design, Photography HTML/CSS, Flash animation, design & development, 3D Prototyping, Print design, Photography
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Contributor
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Jan 2005 - Jan 2005
Created the illustrations to accompany the Plus 15 weekly listings of current events in Calgary for the January 7th edition of The Calgary Herald’s entertainment magazine entitled Swerve. Created the illustrations to accompany the Plus 15 weekly listings of current events in Calgary for the January 7th edition of The Calgary Herald’s entertainment magazine entitled Swerve.
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Education
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2000 - 2005
University of Calgary
BFA (Hons), Visual Fine Art -
2005 - 2005
Mount Royal University
Web Design Certificate, Web Design -
1998 - 2000
University of Calgary
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Geomatics
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