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Zac Moss

Find my PDF CV here

Get in touch @ zac@zacmoss.co.uk

About Me

I’m Zac Moss, I’m a full-stack software engineer and alumni of the Makers Academy July ‘22 cohort. I write in Javascript (including React and React Native), Python, and Ruby.

I learned to code after meeting software engineers working remote while on a rock climbing trip in Thailand. I loved the sound of a career that allowed so much flexibility! When I returned I entered lockdown and immediately started a course on Codecademy. I’ve been hooked ever since.

Projects

Name Description Tech/tools
Remember To Vote (Live site / Repo) A demonstration website for a messaging service that reminds voters to vote on the day of the election by texting them their polling station address. Created for Campaign Lab. Typescript, React, NextJS, Node.js, Vercel, Jest, Twilio API, Electoral Commision API, HTML, CSS
Twitterpulse A full-stack web application that ranks Twitter users based on their interactions with other high-profile Twitter users. Powered by Firebase, with a React front-end reading data from a Firestore NoSQL database, using Node.js Firebase Functions in the backend. A Python script runs daily, interacting with the Twitter API using the Tweepy Library and analysing up to 2 million tweets a month. Responsible for everything except the UX design. Javascript, React, Node.js, Firebase, Firestore, Jest, Python, PythonAnywhere, Tweepy, Twitter API, HTML
Polling Station Address Sender A script that messages potential voters the address of their polling station using SMS or WhatsApp. Created for Campaign Lab. Javascript, Node.js, Electoral Commision Api, Twilio, Jest
Chitter (Front-End / API) A full-stack MERN social media web application that allows users to create accounts, make and like posts, and tag other users. Users are sent an email when tagged in a post. Front-end is currently in progress! Javascript, React, Node.js, Express, Twilio SendGrid, MongoDB, Jest, Cypress, Supertest, Bcrypt, HTML
Divvy A mobile app for calculating how to split group meal costs in restaurants. Users can take a photo of a receipt and have it itemised on the app. It supports additional charges including tips, service charges, taxes, and can deduct discounts. Javascript, React Native, Node.js, Expo, Realm, Taggun, CSS
Acebook A full-stack MCV social media web application. Users can make a profile and upload a profile photo, add friends, see and comment on their friends posts, and like comments and posts. Javascript, Node.js, MongoDB, Handlebars, Jest, Cypress, HTML, CSS
MakersBnB A full-stack MCV rental marketplace. Users can post properties or spaces they own or manage and other users can request to book them. Ruby, Sinatra, Active Record, PostGres, RSpec, HTML, CSS
Gilded Rose Inventory manager for a fictional shop. Items degrade in quality with each passing day depending on the special qualities of the item. Javascript, Jest
Bank Tech Test Mock tech test, a transaction handler for a bank account. It validates and records withdrawals and deposits and can return a bank statement based on the account’s transaction history. Javascript, Jest
Busiest Climber Web scraper and leaderboard creator. Scrapes the second largest database of rock climbs in the world and builds a top ten leaderboard for an area based on who had completed the most climbs. My earliest project! Python, Selenium, BeautifulSoup

Why Hire Me?

I love to be challenged: After my first online course I wanted a project that would flex my new coding skills. I wrote a script that would interact with one of my favourite websites, a database of rock climbs from around the world. It didn't have a public API so I learned how to scrape the site using Selenium to render dynamically loading pages and BeautifulSoup, a library for parsing a page's DOM, and converted the data into a leaderboard for who had completed the most climbs in an area. This proved popular with my climbing friends who are very competitive!

Not afraid to fail: In my last group project at Makers we had two weeks to develop an app from scratch. We decided on a bill-splitting app for working out group meal costs in restaurants. For an added challenge, I suggested we make it a mobile app and write it in React Native - neither of which I had any experience with! This paid off when we finished with an iOS app that we could deploy through Expo.

Calm under pressure: I am used to keeping it together in high-stress situations. I have worked in special effects teams on film and tv productions working with fire and water effects where mistakes could have consequences of serious injury. As a climbing photographer I would be responsible for my own safety while abseiling, hanging in mid-air on a rope while taking photos of professional climbers and athletes - sometimes only getting one attempt to get the shot!

I’m always working on something: If I’m not developing my own projects (just ask me what I’m working on at the moment), you can find me solving kata on Code Wars where I have a 3 kyu rating.

Experience

Zac Moss Development (October ‘22 - present) - Freelance Full Stack Developer & Software Engineer

  • Freelance software developer specialising in full stack web applications and automation using React, Javascript, and Python.
  • Recently worked on a full-stack application using React, Node.js and Python to automate user interaction data collection with the Twitter API and Tweepy library of up to 2 million tweets a month.
  • Utilised a Firestore NoSQL database for cloud data storage.
  • Practiced TDD to ensure high-quality code by utilising Jest and Pytest frameworks.
  • Successfully developed the front-end using React and Firebase Functions in Node.JS, creating a secure and user-friendly experience

Makers Academy (July ‘22 - October ‘22)

  • Joined the Makers Academy bootcamp with hopes and dreams of emerging as a professional software engineer.
  • Learned to work in a team environment using Agile methodologies to build exciting projects
  • Met a bunch of wonderful people and was continually excited by code
  • Ruby & Javascript
  • Taught TDD processes with testing frameworks including RSpec, Jest, and Cypress

Elements SFX (Nov ‘20 to Oct ‘21) - SFX Trainee

I worked as part of a special effects company based in SW London. As well as learning how to use many wood and metalwork tools and skills, I had the chance to work on a lot of different effects including fire and pyrotechnics, smoke and haze, and water and rain.

Some effects I was involved with included:

  • setting various things on fire like a kitchen, a boxing ring, and a moped,
  • dropping two tons of water on a caravan,
  • covering a street in Hackney in fake snow,
  • running a bath (genuinely an effect).

Various Film and Television Productions (Oct ‘14 - December ‘19) - Assistant Director and Runner

Worked on everything from blockbuster film productions to commercials and music videos. As an assistant director I would work as time keeper on set and keep the day moving along. I was also responsible for managing groups of background artists in groups of anywhere between ten to several hundred people.

Education

University for the Creative Arts (September ‘08 - June ‘11)

Digital Film and Screen Arts - 2-2

Other things I enjoy outside coding

I really enjoy rock climbing and photography. I took an eight month trip through Europe and Turkey (lots of baklava), climbing some incredible and challenging routes (seeking challenge is a theme here) and taking photos of climbers ranging from amateur friends to Olympians. If you're interested you can check out photos from my adventures at https://www.zacmoss.co.uk/

I also like to solve Rubik's cubes. Over lockdown I had a goal of getting a solve in under one minute, my fastest time is 1 minute and 83 hundreths of a second. Always looking to improve!

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