About Me
Jordan Harrison
Software Developer @ Charles River Labs
Creative Full Stack Developer. GDG Portlaoise Founder & Organizer. Web Tech & Open Source Enthusiast.
Biography
Hey, I'm Jordan. I'm the founder of Google Developer Groups Portlaoise, an all-around tech
enthusiast & maintainer of the
Tutors Open Source Project..
I spoke at NodeConf EU 2023, GDG Glasgow 2022, and was the SETU Red Hat Best Project 2023 award
winner.
I'm an avid reader, and am a huge fan of the Potterverse.
Education
Higher Diploma in Computer Science
South East Technological University, Waterford
2021 - 2023, First Class Honors.
Bachelor of Science in Network Management
Athlone Institute of Technology
2014 - 2017, Merit Grade 2.
Experience
Software Developer
Charles River Labs
Nov 2023 - Present
Building a decoupled frontend, with a progressive rollout, for the company's Drupal-powered client facing website.
Tech Stack: NodeJS, NextJS, React, Chakra UI, JSON API, Drupal
Software Developer I
Charles River Labs
Jan 2023 - Nov 2023
Working in a full stack capacity, building an MVP of an internal user management application. Migrated the app from Webpack to Vite (and Jest to Vitest) in early stages to improve DevEx. Ensured all code was written to a high standard, and it had a solid test coverage.
Tech Stack: NodeJS, React, Fastify, Vitest, Playwright, Azure, CosmosDB, Gremlin QL
Associate Software Developer
Charles River Labs
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
Worked on the frontend of Apollo, a large client-facing application, from MVP stage - implementing new functionality and working with large datasets
Tech Stack: NodeJS, React, Fastify, Jest, Cypress, Azure
IT Support Officer
Glanbia Cheese EU
Nov 2019 - Jul 2022
Overseen and implemented IT infrastructure & systems during the green field build and commissioning phase of a €135 million food processing facility. Ensured all the IT infrastructure was delivered on-time and under budget. Sole IT System Administrator on site supporting all internal IT systems, including servers, networks, printers & end user hardware.
Junior IT Administrator
RPS Group
Dec 2017 - Nov 2019
First & second line support role to 2 offices of circa 150 users in a heavily CAD focused environment. Rolled out Windows 10 3 months earlier than projected.