Jon Pearse
Freelance Developer at Self-employed
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Pearse is a Cardiff-based freelance developer with over two decades of web experience and more than a decade running client engagements full-time, specialising in front-end development and accessible, responsive design. He pairs pixel-faithful UI implementation with strong Ruby and Rails backend skills to build tools that help organisations communicate effectively online. Jon has supported high-profile clients across public and private sectors—including the Royal Navy, National Trust, Jaguar-Land Rover and Hyundai—bringing agency-grade standards to freelance projects. A committed proponent of Open Source, he consistently contributes back to the web community while balancing long-term freelance work with senior and technical lead roles in product teams. Notably, his practice emphasises accessibility and cross-device fidelity, making complex sites work reliably for the widest possible audience.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, BSc (Hons), Computer Science at University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Github Skills (24)
paperclip10
viewport7
decrypt6
ruby6
rails5
wordpress-plugin4
file-extension4
dates3
arduino-library3
svg-to-png3
encryption3
encrypt3
driver3
pdf3
wordpress3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jonpearse/hsbc-pdf-statement-parser
Nov 2019 - Feb 2022
Contributions:4 releases, 5 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years 3 months
jonpearse/jonpearse.net
Oct 2018 - Dec 2022
The code for my current (2018–) website.
Contributions:313 PRs, 490 pushes, 20 branches in 4 years 2 months
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