Alex Barnsley
Full-Stack Developer at ARK Blockchain
Dudley, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlex Barnsley is a pragmatic full-stack developer with 11 years of experience building and maintaining web and blockchain applications from UI to backend. Based in Dudley, England, he’s been a core engineer at ARK Blockchain since 2017, contributing front-end and back-end improvements to projects like the ARK desktop wallet and a Vue/Tailwind blockchain explorer. He’s a quick learner who moves comfortably between languages and systems, with a background that ranges from customer-facing development and product management to leading feature delivery and code review. Colleagues rely on him for responsive UI work, performance tweaks, and hands-on problem solving—skills sharpened by running personal projects alongside professional duties. Outside work he balances technical curiosity with family time, fitness and reading, which helps him stay focused and persistent on complex tasks.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Windsor High SchoolGCE Applied ICT, Computing, Passed, GCE Applied ICT, Computing, Passed at Stourbridge College
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Github Skills (16)
css10
javascript10
front-end-development10
tailwindcss10
vue10
react10
vue-jsx10
ui-design9
html9
blockchain8
api-design8
angular5
expressjs5
typescript4
typescripts4
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
ArkEcosystem/desktop-wallet
Sep 2017 - Aug 2020
:computer: Archived, please use ARKVault
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 468 commits, 627 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Alex's commits focus on implementing and updating user interface elements within the ARK desktop wallet. Their work includes implementing a timer service for fetching market data, creating and integrating components such as buttons, and updating the registration process. They also focused on improving the responsiveness of the UI and updating the display of address information.
electronwalletark-desktopdesktop-walletmulti-platform
ArkEcosystemArchive/explorer
Jan 2018 - Oct 2019
A Blockchain Explorer for ARK using Vue.js and Tailwind CSS.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 3 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Alex made several changes to the Ark Ecosystem Explorer, focusing on both front-end and back-end aspects. They removed socket connections, implemented network configuration options, and updated currency display components. Additionally, they addressed price API issues, optimized the delegate monitoring, and improved the overall functionality and display of information.
vue-jstailwindcssvue3tailwindcss
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