Kris Collins | Portfolio

ABOUT ME

Work Experience

5 years+ professional work experience
Education

Bachelor's in Software Engineering, Nottingham Trent University
Back-end Development

Python

Django Framework

PHP

Laravel Framework
Front-end Development

HTML

CSS/SASS

Javascript

React

Hello! My name is Kris Collins. My interest in web development started back in 2005 when I decided to try editing custom Neopets themes. After spending hours tinkering with HTML & CSS, I was hooked.

Fast-forward to today, I’m a full-stack web developer with a passion for design. I have serious passion for UI effects, animations and creating intuitive, dynamic user experiences. I'm always eager to learn more in this fast paced industry.

I specialize in creating software for clients ranging from individuals, startups, to large corporations. My main focus these days is building modern and robust products at Axflix for a variety of clients.

PROJECTS

Centrewest

A chemical distribution company web app to showcase company services and general information. Built with HTML & CSS on the front-end and PHP on the backend with PHPMailer to send out contact form emails.

HTML
CSS
PHP

Techdesk

A tech recruitment web app featuring jobs from startups as well as Fortune 500 employers. Built with ReactJS on the front-end consuming REST API from Django REST framework on the back-end.

ReactJS
Python
Django

Henry Butcher

A property management company web app to showcase company services and general information. Built with HTML & SASS on the front-end and Laravel on the backend with an administration panel for site management.

HTML
SASS
PHP
Laravel

DirectEdu

A school management web app that helps educational institutions by automating day-to-day administrative tasks of schools from attendance management to student performance monitoring.

ReactJS
Python
Django

BMWShorties

The BMW Shorties is an annual cultural initiative by BMW to provide emerging filmmakers and digital content creators with a platform to discover their talent. Built with HTML & CSS on the front-end and Laravel on the backend with an administration panel for site management.

HTML
CSS
PHP
Laravel
Facebook login API

Antara Residence

A property microsite showcasing properties bui. Built with HTML & CSS on the front-end and PHP on the backend with PHPMailer to send out contact form emails.

HTML
CSS
PHP

Three.js

Practice loading 3D models and creating scenes.

Javascript
ReactJS

The Dugout Oasis

A restaurant web app built with HTML & CSS on the front-end and Laravel on the backend with an administration panel for site management.

HTML
CSS
PHP
Laravel

Restaurant menu

A restaurant web app built with React library

HTML
SASS
React
Javascript

WORK EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer

@ Axflix Technologies

Feb 2019 - Present

Developed an SAAS SMS marketing application that sends out 10,000 marketing messages per second. Utilized Celery as a task queue and RabbitMQ, Redis as a messaging broker to execute asynchronous task of sending bulk SMS marketing messages.

Monitored and analyzed RabbitMQ queue growth patterns in order to hunt down bottleneck and performance issues and increase speed of SMS sending by 20% in 2 months.

TechDesk backend developer. A tech job application website using React as the front-end and Django REST Framework as the backend and Postman for API testing.
Participate in software design and code reviews. Reviews include other software engineers and are held to ensure a high level of software quality and to share knowledge with team members. Training, mentoring, and problem solving with junior developers.
Write modern, performant, maintainable code for a diverse array of client and internal projects.

Junior Software Engineer

@ Digital Symphony

Aug 2017 - Jan 2019

Communicate with multi-disciplinary teams of lead-engineers, UI/UX designers, front-end developers, and clients on a daily basis.
Collaborated with the team to meet project deadlines and task distribution based on SCRUM methodology.
Built modern, performant, maintainable microsites for a 100+ clients in the property industry for monthly facebook marketing campaigns. Websites include Antara Residence and Henry Butcher
Developed REST APIs and efficient backend capability for bmwshorties to allow user to submit their short film applications and voting commencement by using Facebook third party API.

ABOUT ME

Work Experience

Education

Back-end Development

Front-end Development

Hello! My name is Kris Collins. My interest in web development started back in 2005 when I decided to try editing custom Neopets themes. After spending hours tinkering with HTML & CSS, I was hooked.

Fast-forward to today, I’m a full-stack web developer with a passion for design. I have serious passion for UI effects, animations and creating intuitive, dynamic user experiences. I'm always eager to learn more in this fast paced industry.

I specialize in creating software for clients ranging from individuals, startups, to large corporations. My main focus these days is building modern and robust products at Axflix for a variety of clients.

PROJECTS

WORK EXPERIENCE