Chris Laughlin
Software Engineer at EquipmentShare
Belfast Metropolitan Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Laughlin is a frontend-focused Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-performance web applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, React and Node, now contributing at EquipmentShare. He has led frontend teams and driven UX-focused engineering for security products at Rapid7, blending technical leadership with hands-on development to scale complex applications. Chris also writes and teaches—producing short-form educational videos, technical articles, and training content—to make modern web concepts accessible to the next generation of engineers. Comfortable across the full stack from embedded systems to cloud services, he brings a pragmatic testing and automation mindset rooted in early SDET and consultancy roles. Based in Belfast, he combines mentorship, documentation expertise, and a persistent focus on performance and scalability.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at Ulster University
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Github Skills (82)
robust10
javascript10
css10
html9
marionette9
npm9
react9
selenium-webdriver9
html5-boilerplate9
obsolete8
yarnpkg8
nightwatch8
nexpose8
backbone8
zero-configuration8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
asharma93/mariobone-starter-kit
Feb 2017 - Feb 2023
Starter kit for creating Backbone/Marionette applications
Contributions:2 PRs in 6 years
backbone-marionettemarionettebackbone
claughlin-r7/mariobone-starter-kit
Feb 2017 - Feb 2023
Starter kit for creating Backbone/Marionette applications
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 6 years
backbone-marionettemarionettebackbone
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