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.
10 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 (37)
paperclip10
sketchup9
width8
height8
xlsm7
viewport6
ruby6
xlsx6
decrypt5
rails5
javascript4
wordpress4
wordpress-plugin4
svg-to-png4
fullscreen4
Programming languages (5)
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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