hello

I'm Ciaran Grimshaw, a full-stack software engineer based in Manchester, UK.

I have 8 years’ commercial experience and a passion for building software with an emphasis on good performance and accessibility.

💻 my skillset
  • Front End Semantic HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, Tailwind
  • JavaScript ES6, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Next.js, Nest.js
  • AWS DynamoDB, APIGateway Endpoints & WebSockets, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, Cognito, SNS
  • PHP Custom WordPress Plugins & Themes
🛠️ some things i've built

  • Spotify Stats

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    A site that retrieves data about the user's Spotify listening habits, built with Next.js, React, and TypeScript, using the Spotify API (OAuth2 integration) Spotify Stats homepage

  • Discord Chatbot

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    A chatbot for the messaging app Discord that stores chat history and generates new messages based on a Markov chain, using the Discord API

  • Plus Learning Tuition

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    Custom-built WordPress site for my mum's local private tuition business Plus Learning Tuition homepage

  • Latest Movies Listing

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    A React single-page application that displays the most popular recent movies, using The Movie DB API Movies app homepage

  • Royal Frenchel UK

    Freelance design restructuring and content writing for a local puppy selling business Royal Frenchel UK homepage
📍 where i'm at
  • Email ciarangrimshawdev@gmail.com
  • GitHub grims-dev
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