Personal details

Chris J. - Remote

Chris J.

Timezone: Auckland (UTC+12)

Summary

I'm a polymath focusing my energy on a society that cares for and lifts up our neighbours so that we can prosper together.

I work on building a world class CRM and Fundraising platform at Raisely.com., where I work with React, Node, Koa, Sequelize, Postgres, Google App Engine and Google Cloud Functions.

Beginning my career as a software engineer, in 2009 I turned to the non-profit sector seeking to make a positive impact for people & the planet. With my IT background, I was always called on to help out with technology and was deeply unsatisfied with the tech used by non-profits and the amount of time my peers had to sink into wrangling inadequate systems.

In 2017 I returned to software development to use my experience to build software that would truly serve the amazing people that choose to dedicate their lives to making the world a better place.

Work Experience

Senior Developer
Raisely.com | Jan 2017 - Present
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Nginx
Sequelize
React
Koa
Building a world class fundraising & CRM platform enabling charities to realise their digital fundraising goals

Personal Projects

YouHaveOut.SupportIconOpenNewWindows
2020
React
JavaScript
Google Cloud Functions
Rapid response website to support the #BLM movement during 2020 protests. The website compiles donation options to make them accessible to people that are not familiar with the movement but want to help. We built a cloud function that compiles and continuously updates from community generated spreadsheets leaving the power to add, update or delete from the list in community hands. The cloud function feeds structured JSON to the website for consumption.
Birthday FundraiserIconOpenNewWindows
2020
React
Service Workers
Google Cloud Functions
Raisely.com
With 2020 being a tumultuous year, for my birthday I didn't simply want to nominate a charity, I wanted to explore UX and engagement strategies for digital fundraising.