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Ruaraí Kirk
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Experience

Digital Stack

Nov 2022 – Oct 2025

  • Developed a large-scale e-commerce platform for indie game developers
  • Designed and implemented UI, backend, and database architecture
  • Contributed to RESTful API and GraphQL design
  • Led a team of three engineers for several months
Technologies & tools
TypeScript
React
Next.js
Node.js
NestJS
Postgres
Pulumi
AWS
Databricks

Continuous Software

Jul 2019 – Oct 2022

  • Lead the frontend team on Continuous Software’s flagship product for use in project management, aangine™, which is developed specifically for the management of project portfolios
  • Working within an Agile development environment utilising JavaScript based technologies including React in the frontend and Node.js on a backend micro-service
  • Also leveraged industry standard tools such as WebStorm, GitLab, Jira, Jenkins and Docker to name but a few
  • Owned a performance testing and application optimisation project carried out with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), as part of their major development of a new eVisa platform, where tourist visa applications would be streamlined globally for the Kingdom.
Technologies & tools
Javascript
Node.js
Express.js
React
MongoDB
Dcoker

SAP

Jan 2019 – Jul 2019

  • Worked with SAP's Dublin UX Team developing user friendly and intuitive JavaScript based web applications, as well as VS Code extensions for use by other SAP teams
  • Working within an Agile development environment leveraging industry standard tools and collaborating with a diverse team of developers, designers, test, DevOps and product owners
  • From the first day involved in projects, for example the development of a web application for the storage of documentation with tools including React, Redux, GatsbyJS, Netlify and Sass
  • Also drove an interesting prototyping project developing VSCode extensions for fellow developers within the company
Technologies & tools
TypeScript
React
Node.js
Redux
GatsbyJS
Netlify
Sass

KPMG

Nov 2016 – Jan 2019

  • Spent two years in the interesting field of the Research and Development ('R&D') tax credit and relief scheme in Ireland
  • The R&D tax credit is a unique area of tax that requires understanding of science, technology, accounting, and taxation
  • The R&D tax credit is an incentive to encourage companies to carry out R&D activities and to attract multinationals to invest in Research, Development and Innovation ('R&D&I')
  • During that time, decided to undertake a Higher Diploma in Computing at TUD (previously DIT) in order to progress into the Software Development industry
  • This course covered the core fundamentals of Computer Science, with a strong focus OOP (Java, C#) and covering topics such as SOLID design principles, information systems, as well as web application and Android application development
Technologies & tools

Intel

Nov 2012 – Jul 2015

  • In this role, primary focus revolved around photolithography equipment troubleshooting and sustaining ownership of day-today operations with a focus on delivering best-in-class results for tool availability, cycle time, defect and parametric performance within a 24-hour manufacturing environment
  • Additionally, managed a team of eight technicians, as well as being point of escalation for engineering issues and providing hands-on technical support, with a focus on safety, people, quality, velocity and cost
Technologies & tools