Brian Quinn
Senior Technical Lead Engineer at Learning Pool
Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Quinn is a Senior Technical Lead Engineer based in Derry/Londonderry with over two decades of experience building web- and database-driven SaaS applications. He joined Learning Pool as the first senior developer in 2011 and has progressed to lead technical delivery, taking multiple products from MVP to mature offerings while migrating services to cloud infrastructure. A hands-on lead and mentor, he spans back-end and front-end stacks—Node.js, Typescript, React, C#, SQL Server—and designs microservices and scalable AWS deployments. He is a long-standing core contributor to the Adapt open-source e-learning framework and authoring tool, driving accessibility, authentication, and content management improvements that benefit the broader community. Comfortable in client-facing roles across e-learning, government, and financial sectors, he routinely translates user requirements into production-ready solutions using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Practical, user-focused, and deeply committed to open source, he blends systems-level architecture with day-to-day coding to shepherd projects through to live support.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BEng (Hons), Electronics and Computing with Dipoloma in Industrial Studies, BEng (Hons), Electronics and Computing with Dipoloma in Industrial Studies at Ulster University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (15)
accessibility10
authentication10
user-authentication10
nodejs10
javascript10
adaptor10
handlebars10
adaptation10
back-end-development10
adapter10
mongodb-database9
mongodb9
html9
responsive-design9
ui-design8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
adaptlearning/adapt_authoring
Nov 2013 - Jan 2017
A server-based user interface for authoring eLearning courses using the Adapt framework.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 releases, 857 commits, 373 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Brian's contributions primarily involved working on the Adapt authoring tool's back-end components. They modified authentication by replacing bcrypt references, and also added features related to user login, password reset functionality, and course asset management. These changes included modifications to various JavaScript files and template files, indicating a focus on enhancing core functionalities.
user-interfacereactjavascriptexpressauthoring
adaptlearning/adapt_framework
Jul 2014 - Feb 2020
A toolkit for creating responsive, accessible, multilanguage HTML5 e-learning courses.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 1 review, 142 commits in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Adapt framework. They implemented features related to component layouts, menu navigation, and accessibility improvements, specifically addressing issues with component ordering and implementing ARIA labels. They also worked on improving the framework's support for existing course content, making updates to the index.html file to resolve issues with older versions of Internet Explorer and by working on core js files and templates. The commits showcase an understanding of JavaScript, Handlebars templates, and HTML, particularly in the context of creating accessible and responsive e-learning content.
accessiblecssjavascripte-learningxapi
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