• 😄 Pronouns: she/ they
• 📫 How to get in touch? Email: work@jocarter.co.uk or LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jocarter
• ⚡ Fun fact: My socks haven't matched since 2000

Talented and experienced technical leader, manager, mentor and coach; with a passion for diversity, inclusion, accessibility and enabling others. Looking for a balance between management, technical architecture and leadership, and hands-on coding. My goal is to help drive a positive change in those around me; through coaching, technology and awareness. A literal-minded individual who thrives with clarity of communication, and in an open and inclusive workplace culture.

• Product-minded team leader and engineer (accessibility, domain-driven design and test-driven development, contributing back to open source projects, as well as hands on coding)
• Managing, coaching, mentoring; leading and developing teams of engineers, with a special interest in neurodivergent individuals
• Writing technical documentation, identifying security risks, considerations and edge cases, user interface and experience design
• Specialisation in code gardening (refactoring, pruning, maintenance, documentation, automation, data cleaning)
• Delivery assurance (code quality, automated testing, quality assurance, edge cases, aesthetics, follow through, oversight over the entire project process)
• Building diverse and inclusive teams; with a focus on neurodiversity and accessibility, shaping company culture and having a positive impact on peoples’ lives

• PHP (Laravel with Nova, Symfony), ORMs (Doctrine, Eloquent, Propel) and event-based architecture
• Javascript (Node.js, Typescript, React.js (React-Three/Fiber, DREI and UIKit), Next.js, Vue (Composition API)
• Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality (AR/ XR/ VR) - Three.js, Shaders (GLSL), GLB/GLTF/USDZ, Model Viewer, WebAR, WebXR
• Databases, analytics and data engineering (Snowplow, dbt Cloud, Postgres, SQL, GraphQL)
• Automated testing - Unit/ integration tests (PHPUnit, Cypress, Mocha, etc); Static code analytics (ESLint, PHPStan, etc)
• Devops/ Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, Nginx, Jenkins)
• Mobile app and game development (ReactNative, RenJS, Unity*, Apple AppStore and GooglePlay)

• Content creator and streamer (indie games) on Twitch (2017 - present)
• Computer games, achievement hunting, reading, escape rooms, puzzles, knitting: a self-confessed geek

Autistic/ ADHD/ C-PTSD

What does that mean? - Great attention to detail; able to evaluate all possible outcomes/ edge cases; can balance big picture with little details; highly organised; keeps on top of all outstanding tasks; intense/ deep focus; wants to make everyone’s lives easier/ make a difference; loves routine tasks; tenacity and resilience; integrity and commitment; excellent at multi-tasking (prefer working on multiple projects at a time); diligent; resilient; highly empathetic; and great in a crisis.