Mark Railton
Lead Developer at Order of Malta Ireland
Rathdrum, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Railton is a Lead Developer with 12 years of experience building reliable web applications and leading engineering teams at Swiftqueue Technologies. He blends full-stack PHP and frontend expertise—demonstrated by contributions to the Joind.in API and frontend where he improved user flows, talk management, and UX touches like auto-expanding textareas and QR support—with hands-on product delivery. Based in Rathdrum, Ireland, he pairs his technical career with frontline emergency medical roles (EMT and community first responder), bringing a pragmatic, user-first perspective to resilience and safety in software. Active in volunteer leadership and IT projects for national aid organizations, he focuses on practical solutions that improve operational robustness and community impact. Outside work he’s family-focused and coffee-fuelled, a detail that surfaces in steady, sustained open-source contributions.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
National Qualification in Emergency Medical Technology, Emergency Medical Technician, National Qualification in Emergency Medical Technology, Emergency Medical Technician at Medicall Emergency Medical TrainingDiploma, Software Development, Diploma, Software Development at Code InstituteCertificate, Training and Continuing Education, 1st Class Honours, Certificate, Training and Continuing Education, 1st Class Honours at Maynooth University
Github Skills (12)
html10
css10
php10
api10
twig10
front-end-development10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
javascript9
user-management9
responsive-design9
phpunit8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
joindin/joindin-web2
Apr 2015 - Oct 2018
HTTP Frontend For the Joind.in API
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:80 commits, 53 PRs, 26 pushes in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Mark primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Joind.in website. They added and refined features related to user registration, including adding a resend verification email link. They also enhanced the user interface by updating text and styling to match login, extending comment box sizes, and enabling auto-expanding textareas. Furthermore, they added support for QR codes, added links for unlinking speaker, and made search button submit the form.
apijavascriptfrontend
joindin/joindin-api
Oct 2016 - Oct 2018
The Joind.in API PHP Application
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:73 commits, 49 PRs, 39 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Mark's commits primarily involve merging branches and integrating changes related to talk management and user administration within the Joind.in API. They made modifications to email services, event image controllers, and controllers related to user actions like deleting users. The commits also showcase contributions to the talk speaker management, including implementing features to remove speakers from talks, and they demonstrate a focus on improving the system's robustness and user experience. Further contributions include fixing typos and updating response codes.
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