resume.md

Wilson Page

Front-end Software Engineer

wilsonpage@me.com | +44 772 338 0068 | @wilsonpage | github.com/wilsonpage

I am a front-end software engineer based in London. For the past three years I have been working at Mozilla. For the first two years I worked on a mobile operating system called FirefoxOS. I've spent the past year in the Connected Devices team developing new products.

Prior to Mozilla I was at the Financial Times working on large web-applications including the award winning FT Web App and The Economist Web App.

I most enjoy working at the view/presentation layer, producing fast, responsive interfaces, with the level of polish users expect from high-end applications today. I strive to make seemingly complex problems simple and easy to digest, breaking down large issues into small manageable chunks.

I strive to produce robust work of the highest possible quality, tackling problems with patience and determination.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Mozilla

November 2013 - Present Mobile web-applications and frameworks powering FirefoxOS. Product innovation for Connected Devices.

Software Engineer at Financial Times

January 2012 - November 2013 Working at FTLabs developing applications for The Financial Times and The Economist

Web Developer/Designer at Carrau & Scott

April 2010 - January 2012 Building websites for a variety of different clients.

Projects

Songwhip - https://songwhip.com

A service that enables cross-platform sharing and promotion of music. Personally conceived and executed over a 6 month period.

Magnet - https://github.com/mozilla-magnet

A series of experimental location aware apps/services/tools aimed at surfacing timely web content.

fxos-components - https://github.com/fxos-components

A collection of web-components and libraries powering FirefoxOS.

Fastdom - https://github.com/wilsonpage/fastdom

A tool to improve web application layout performance.

FT Web App

The FT Web App is a groundbreaking media experience providing on and offline access to Financial Times content.

FruitMachine - http://github.com/ftlabs/fruitmachine

A modular layout engine, currently powering the FT Web App.

###FT Ellipsis - http://github.com/ftlabs/ftellipsis

A JavaScript solution for multiline ellipsis (…) within flexible containers.

Personal Projects

I work on personal projects whenever I have the time, including:

• songwhip.com
• getsomeinterest.com
• Tunetub (private music groups)
• CoffeeMapp (coffee shop checklists)

Publications

• My Blog - http://wilsonpage.co.uk
• The State of Web Components - https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/06/the-state-of-web-components/)
• Building the new FT Web App (a case study) - https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/05/building-the-new-financial-times-web-app-a-case-study/

Skills & Expertise

• JavaScript
• CSS
• Mobile Web Applications
• Web Development
• Graphic design
• Node.js
• User Experience

Education

• University of Leeds (BA Hons, Graphic Design Communication) 2005 - 2008
• Esher College 2003 - 2005
• Teddington School - 1999 - 2003

Interests

• Web applications
• JavaScript (browser & node.js)
• CSS
• Tech meetups
• Design
• Photography
• Videography
• Making things
• Growing plants
• Breadmaking