Craig Petterson
Senior Fullstack Rails Engineer at The National College
Ellesmere Port, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolCraig Petterson is a Senior Fullstack Rails Engineer with nearly a decade of professional experience building and modernising Ruby on Rails applications, from charity automation to complex accountancy systems and community platforms. He combines hands-on engineering with client-facing delivery, having run his own consultancy to deliver bespoke apps covering payments, access control and deployment, and repeatedly stepping in as sole back-end owner to keep products moving. Comfortable across backend, frontend and integrations, he has introduced GraphQL, Zapier, SSO and numerous third-party APIs while guiding migrations and major Rails upgrades. A natural mentor and cross-functional coordinator, Craig blends pragmatic technical leadership with a focus on readable, maintainable solutions that simplify complex problems. Based in Ellesmere Port, he brings an uncommon mix of end-to-end project management and deep Rails craftsmanship that consistently translates business needs into shipping software.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Foundation Degree Computer Science, Foundation Degree Computer Science at West Cheshire CollegeHigh School Mathematics English Science IT Economics Graphical Design French, High School Mathematics English Science IT Economics Graphical Design French at Whitby High SchoolBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of Chester
Github Skills (83)
devise10
authentication10
ruby10
spree10
rails10
warden10
rack9
ruby-rails9
rpg8
factories8
multithreading8
server8
authorization8
testing7
test-kitchen7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
JalisoCSP/game-of-life
Apr 2020 - Sep 2024
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
JalisoCSP/dotfiles
Dec 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:64 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
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