Tim Cooper
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolTim Cooper is a seasoned Ruby-focused software engineer and technical lead with 14 years' experience building and managing payment systems and web platforms from Queensland, Australia. He progressed from senior Ruby developer to Payments Team Lead and line manager at everydayhero, demonstrating both hands-on engineering and people leadership. Tim is an active open-source contributor, notably extending dry-rb/dry-validation with type-safe schema integrations, enum support and a JSON input processor, and has also improved front-end code quality in established projects. He blends pragmatic backend architecture with attention to frontend polish, and often surfaces maintainability improvements that quietly reduce long-term technical debt.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Multimedia, Multimedia, Bachelor of Multimedia, Multimedia at The University of Queensland
Github Skills (12)
coercion10
javascript10
data-validation10
jquery10
validation10
front-end-development10
validations10
ruby10
rubygems9
gemfile9
gemspec9
ui-design8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
zurb/reveal
Jul 2011 - Jul 2011
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Tim primarily focused on improving the code quality and consistency of the project's JavaScript files, specifically within the context of the jquery.reveal.js file. Their commits demonstrate a dedication to cleaning up the code, which included removing unnecessary comments and standardizing spacing and naming conventions. They also made consistent use of `data-reveal-id` attributes.
dry-rb/dry-validation
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Validation library with type-safe schemas and rules
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 11 PRs, 23 pushes in 17 days
Contributions summary:Tim contributed significantly to the `dry-rb/dry-validation` library, focusing on integrating and extending its capabilities with Dry types. Their work included adding support for features such as enum types, Dry::Types::Struct, and custom type validation. They also refactored existing integrations, implemented validation hints, and added a JSON input processor to enhance the library's functionality.
type-safetyvalidationvalidation-libraryrubyrubygem
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