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Lee Arnold

Frontend Web Developer

Profile

I'm a frontend developer with 6 years’ experience building fast and accessible web applications. I work mainly with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Astro, and recently led the migration of a large legacy system to an accessible and high-performance solution. Alongside my technical work, I bring full-stack experience from running my own projects, as well as stakeholder management and analytical skills gained in a previous career in industry.

Experience

Frontend Web Developer

Global Media

Mar 2022 - present

London, UK

  • Took the lead on planning and delivering the migration of a 15-year-old Python platform to a new Astro setup across several radio brand sites.
  • Boosted Lighthouse scores from 65 → 95 in performance and accessibility, improving user experience by cutting stale-while-revalidate times from 3 minutes to 1 minutes.
  • Set up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Kubernetes, and switched the team to a more modern testing stack with Vitest.
  • Worked closely with designers to build out a set of reusable components matching brand marketing guidelines.
  • Became the go-to person in the team for tricky Astro and TypeScript problems.

Founder / Full Stack Web Developer

Self employed

Jul 2019 - Mar 2022

Essex, UK

  • Built and sold multiple web products, handling end-to-end development, infrastructure, and deployment.
  • Built quickrelease.co.uk, a consultancy marketing with a custom CMS for publishing articles.
  • Developed vaulthunters.gg, a community site for a Minecraft modpack, combining a NestJS backend with a React frontend that pulled in and displayed game data.
  • Learned to deliver complete, production-ready solutions on my own, from design through to infrastructure.

Business Manager

Quick Release_

Feb 2013 - Jul 2019

Essex, UK

  • Progressed from analyst to team lead and later business manager, gaining strong skills in data analysis, reporting, and stakeholder management.
  • Worked directly with senior stakeholders to improve processes and manage business risks.
  • Built experience in conflict resolution, performance management, and project scoping.
  • Acted as UK trainer and subject-matter expert for the client’s internal product data management system.

Education

MEng, Chemical Engineering

Second class honours; Upper division

Loughborough University

Oct 2008 – Jun 2012

Loughborough, UK

A Level

Mathematics (A), Chemistry (A), Computing (B)

SEEVIC College

Oct 2006 – Jun 2008

Benfleet, UK

Technical Proficiency

Frontend

Backend

DevOps / Deployment

Testing