Brian Mullan
Staff Software Engineer at EquipmentShare
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBrian Mullan is a Staff Software Engineer based in Belfast with 12 years of experience building high-performance JavaScript and full-stack applications across startups and enterprise teams. He has led engineering efforts at companies like VEED.IO, Workrise, and NearForm, shipping production-grade Node.js, React, React Native, and GraphQL systems. Brian has hands-on expertise in architecting progressive web apps and SSR solutions—his open-source contributions to the graphql-hooks client include adding caching, SSR, subscriptions and a custom GraphQLClient to improve reliability and performance. Known for stepping into tech lead roles, he blends deep implementation skill with pragmatic architecture and mentorship. He brings a practical eye for developer experience and offline-first web patterns, having worked on high-profile sites such as Wired’s offline PWA. Outside of work he maintains active open-source involvement that often targets the intersection of client performance and resilient server rendering.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Computer Science, Computer Science Computer Science at Queen's University BelfastA levels ICT Economics Biology Art & Design, A levels ICT Economics Biology Art & Design at Loreto College Coleraine
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Github Skills (22)
caching10
hook10
javascript10
react-ssr10
wpgraphql10
wordpress-graphql10
graphql-client10
graphql10
react10
localhost9
subdomain9
html6
mongodb6
nodejs6
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nearform/graphql-hooks
Feb 2019 - Apr 2020
🎣 Minimal hooks-first GraphQL client
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:18 releases, 55 commits, 232 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Brian significantly contributed to the `graphql-hooks` library by implementing caching and server-side rendering (SSR) support, core features for a GraphQL client. They refactored the error handling and replaced the underlying `graphql-request` library with a custom `GraphQLClient`. Further contributions include adding HTTP GET support, subscription functionality, and addressing multiple bug fixes, ultimately enhancing the library's functionality and improving SSR capabilities.
graphql-clienthooksreact-hooksreactgraphql
bmullan91/express-subdomain
Apr 2014 - Jul 2018
Super simple subdomain middleware for expressjs
Contributions:1 review, 60 commits, 9 PRs in 4 years 3 months
expressjsmiddleware
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