Michael Vickers
Senior Developer at PlanHappy Financial Adviser Software
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Vickers is a Senior Developer with eight years of hands-on experience building reliable, efficient web applications using Laravel, PHP, SQL and modern front-end stacks. Based in England, he combines methodical attention to detail with pragmatic problem-solving—having increased application throughput four-fold through targeted debugging and fault-finding. He has led small teams as deputy team leader, managed data migrations, and integrated third-party APIs including Microsoft Graph and GOV.UK. An active open-source contributor, he improved accessibility and performance in the Kanboard project by deferring JS loading, adding ARIA labels, and enhancing task and attachment handling. Trained in Informatics with an Agile Nanodegree, he pairs disciplined engineering practices with a focus on dependable, production-ready systems.
8 years of coding experience
BSc (Honours) Informatics, BSc (Honours) Informatics at University of TeessideAgile Software Developer Nanodegree, Agile Software Developer Nanodegree at UdacityBTEC National Diploma Computing, BTEC National Diploma Computing at Redcar & Cleveland CollegeGCSE, GCSE at Rye Hills Secondary School
Github Skills (12)
accessibility10
acessibility10
javascript10
project-management10
kanban10
accessibilityservice10
agile9
php9
agile-development9
html8
ui-design7
css7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
kanboard/kanboard
Jun 2018 - Oct 2020
Kanban project management software
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 24 commits, 19 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Michael implemented new hooks for the dashboard and search task footers, demonstrating front-end and potentially back-end modifications. They improved performance by deferring JavaScript file loading by default. The user also made several changes to support removing and logging file attachments, including adding new event types and updating templates. Furthermore, they introduced features for easier dialog closing, auto-linking duplicated tasks and project tasks and added accessibility improvements such as ARIA labels and hidden accessible titles.
project-management-softwareagileweb-applicationproject-planningkanboard
michaelvickersuk/dotfiles
Nov 2019 - Nov 2023
Contributions:67 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 1 month
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