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Availability

Currently seeking interesting opportunities.

Slide San Francisco Web Developer
Jun 2008 — Dec 2008, Sep 2009 — Mar 2010
- Worked on Top Friends - the most popular Facebook application at the time.
- Engineer on Rock Riot, a Guitar-Hero like Facebook app
- Involved in both front and back end development in Python and Javascript
PeterBraden.co.uk Self Employed Contractor
- Specializing in Django, Front-end Usability and Python
- Often working with early stage start-ups, managing engineering and development
1. VidioWiki EdinburghContracting CTO
  April — June 2009
  - Running engineering for local startup.
  - Using Django to create social networking application.
2. uShow Palo Alto [remote]Contracting Chief Architect
  Jan — March 2009
  - Managing the development of pre-launch startup.
Institut Laue Langevin Grenoble Software Stagière
Summer 2007
- Developed a simulator for the nuclear reactor's triple-axis spectrometers.
- Detailed report available here.
Freelance Developer
- Created Visited Countries a Facebook application with over 40,000 users. (Sold to VirtualTourist.com)
- Designed various websites, for example http://st-andrewswindsurfing.co.uk/ [Now Defunct]
Gillespie MacAndrew W.R Edinburgh Software Intern
Summer 2005
- Worked alone in the IT department to develop several systems including an ASP based intranet front-end for their legal databases.

University of St Andrews – BSc (Hons) Computer Science
- Class Medalist 2006 — 2007

Experience includes languages such as Python, Javascript, Java, PHP, C

Knowledge and experience of databases, both relational and non-relational, ie MySQL, Postgres, CouchDB

Keen user of frameworks such as Django and JQuery

Adept user of web technologies, for example ajax, html, css

Familiar with relevant tools, including UNIX command line, git/svn, Photoshop, etc.

EF Language Travel Activity Leader,
Summer 2006
- Led two groups as an activity leader with EF in Edinburgh.
St. Andrews University Student Union Doorman,
2005 — 2006
- Worked as part of a team responsible for the safety of over 1200 people.