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Hello, I'm Leon đź‘‹

Co-Founder & Developer
@ PixelsMatter

I'm a web/software developer based in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (UK), and I work fully remotely. I have over 10 years of working experience in the industry, and my most recent endeavour is building my small business, PixelsMatter, with my fiancé and Co-Founder/Designer, Christine.

When I'm not coding, I enjoy music, video games, and a good page-turner, mostly fantasy—my all-time favourite being The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Skills

Over the years, I've picked up many skills; however, more than anything, I have developed an aptitude for learning. I find this to be an essential skill in itself given the vast number of new technologies gaining traction at any given point. I'm also a very strong believer in using the right tools for the job!

Front-End:

HTML5
CSS3
SCSS/SASS
JavaScript
ES6
TypeScript
React
NextJS
jQuery
Svelte
Ember
Astro
Remix
11ty
Gatsby
Tailwind
Storybook
Flutter
Ionic
Electron

Back-End:

NodeJS
GraphQL
Strapi
Prismic
Contentful
MongoDB
PHP
SQL
WordPress
Laravel
Shopify

DevOps/Hosting:

CLI
Git/GitHub
DigitalOcean
AWS
Netlify
Docker
Cloudflare

Methodologies & Practices:

DRY
OOP
SOLID
CI/CD
REST
TDD
MVC
Microservices

Experience

I've worked for a number of different agencies over the span of my career so far, each of which offered completely unique experiences—both challenges and opportunities for growth. I started out as a hobbyist, tinkering and writing small personal projects, but I eventually landed my first job as a Junior Developer in 2014. I steadily advanced to the role of Front-End Lead (2021) and, finally, transitioned to focusing full-time on my own business.

Spira Group logo
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Junior Developer
Spira Group
Revive Digital logo
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Junior Developer
Revive Digital
Sixredsquares logo
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Developer & IT Apprentice
Sixredsquares
Sixredsquares logo
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Developer
Sixredsquares
We Are Sweet logo
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Developer
We Are Sweet
We Are Sweet logo
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Front-End Lead
We Are Sweet
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Founder & Developer
PixelsMatter

Let's Connect

Want to discuss a project? Or just want to say hello? Get in touch or book a meeting today.
I'm always eager to connect with like-minded people and explore new opportunities.