Oliver Kirkham
Full-stack Developer at Think Insurance
Sandwell, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOliver Kirkham is a pragmatic full-stack developer with eight years’ experience building and maintaining bespoke PHP-driven web platforms and e-commerce tooling from Sandwell, England. Currently at Think Insurance, he designs secure, reusable backend layers and shifts heavy processing into SQL for tangible performance gains while also contributing frontend UI improvements and code reviews. Previously he automated multi-channel product listings and built a PHP-based competitor/keyword analysis tool integrating Magento and marketplace APIs, showing a knack for practical automation and SEO-focused engineering. Comfortable across HTML/CSS/JavaScript, PHP, MySQL and basic Android work, he combines operational product support experience with software engineering discipline. Colleagues would describe him as hands-on and iterative — he prefers shipping reliable solutions that reduce manual work and scale predictably.
8 years of coding experience
Web Development HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript jQuery PHP MySQL WordPress, Web Development HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript jQuery PHP MySQL WordPress at Development Island LtdNCFE Level 2 Certificate in Music Technology, NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Music Technology at MPMICT Level 1 Communication Level 1 Basic Installation Practice, ICT Level 1 Communication Level 1 Basic Installation Practice at Dudley College Of TechnologyCertified Web Developer HTML CSS JavaScript PHP MySQL, Certified Web Developer HTML CSS JavaScript PHP MySQL at Udemy
Github Skills (36)
minecraft10
linux10
squirrel10
recreate10
launcher10
server-side10
atlas9
dedicated-server8
nixos8
minecraft-forge8
pterodactyl8
nix8
server7
nixpkgs7
zooming6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
BobTheBob9/Terraria1.4UltrawidePatcher
May 2020 - Feb 2021
Patches terraria 1.4 to prevent forced zooming in ultrawide and other resolutions that suffer from forced zoom, suffers from oom issues on large worlds
Contributions:3 releases, 6 commits, 2 PRs in 8 months
oomsufferresolutionspreventpatches
R2Northstar/NorthstarMods
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Squirrel scripts used to recreate server-side gamelogic and add custom content to the game.
Contributions:1 release, 62 reviews, 211 commits in 1 year 6 months
custom-contenttitanfall-2titanfallsquirrelnorthstar-client
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