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    Portfolio Professional work
    Professional work 2014 - 2017

    Nebular Technologies

    Shipped client web, Android, and commerce products across Rails, AngularJS, Java, and WordPress, building the release discipline and full-stack range I still rely on today as a senior engineer.

    Full Stack Developer

    Jan 1, 2014 - Apr 1, 2017

    3 yrs 4 mo

    22 technologies

    Nebular Technologies · Full Stack Developer

    2014 - 2017

    Architecture, delivery leadership, and product quality under real constraints.

    A closer look at the delivery decisions, technical tradeoffs, and product constraints behind this work.

    Completed work

    Exploring full-stack and cross-platform development in a high-growth studio

    At Nebular Technologies, I got my first real exposure to shipping software professionally. I worked across backend, frontend, and mobile projects, which meant learning fast and getting comfortable with many parts of the stack early on.

    🎯 What I worked on

    • Ruby on Rails applications where I learned how backend architecture, MVC patterns, and database design fit together in real products.
    • AngularJS and Cordova apps that taught me how to work on hybrid mobile products before React Native became part of my day-to-day stack.
    • Native Android work in Java, which gave me an early feel for mobile constraints, release workflows, and device-level tradeoffs.
    • WordPress and WooCommerce builds that rounded out my ability to ship complete client solutions across content, commerce, and custom behavior.

    📈 Outcomes from that stretch

    • How to learn by shipping: new frameworks and languages stopped feeling abstract once they had to survive a deadline and a real user need.
    • The basics that still matter now: code reviews, testing discipline, version control, iterative delivery, and the difference between something working once and something being maintainable.
    • Full-stack range as a habit: moving between backend, frontend, mobile, and CMS work gave me the confidence to stay adaptable instead of over-identifying with one slice of the stack.
    • Early exposure to testing and delivery workflows, which laid the groundwork for the engineering habits I still lean on now.

    🛠️ Tech stack

    • Backend and data: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Java, PostgreSQL, MySQL
    • Frontend and mobile: AngularJS, Cordova, JavaScript, jQuery, Android
    • Web delivery: PHP, WordPress, WooCommerce, SASS, Linux, Git, Bitbucket

    🤝 Why it mattered

    Nebular was where the foundation got built: code reviews, shipping pressure, unit testing, agile work, and the habit of learning new tools by using them in production. A lot of the range I bring today started here, and I still think of this period as the place where the engineering instincts were formed.

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