Daniel Dye

@Nitemaeric

Multicultural Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, and Technical Founder with over a decade of hands-on experience building software and engineering teams in London, United Kingdom and Bangkok, Thailand.

  • Technical Skills

    • Ruby
    • JavaScript / TypeScript
    • Ruby on Rails
    • React.js
    • Go
    • Kotlin / Java

  • Other Skills

    • System Design
    • Technical Strategy
    • Coaching / Mentoring
    • Cross-team Collaboration
    • Project Management
    • UX Psychology

Experience

  • Department for Education Company Logo

    Tech Lead

    Department for Education · London, United Kingdom (Remote)

    November 2023 - Present
    1 year and 11 months
    • Built and launched a Ruby on Rails application from scratch, enabling schools across England to claim funding, while leading a team of 2 senior developers — all within 12 months.
    • Adopted a legacy Ruby on Rails project and re-established engineering best practices and tactical refactors leading to 95% less "slow" page loads and swift further iterative development.
    • Ruby on Rails
    • Stimulus.js
    • View Components
    • PostgreSQL
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Technical Leadership
    • Architecture
    • Accessibility
  • Spellbook Technology Company Logo

    Founder

    Spellbook Technology · London, United Kingdom (Remote)

    December 2022 - Present
    2 years and 10 months
    • Founded a specialized software development and consulting agency focused on Ruby, JavaScript, and Go.
    • Ruby
    • TypeScript
    • React
    • Node.js
    • Go
    • Tailwind CSS
    • PostgreSQL
    • SQLite
    • Cloud Services
    • Technical Leadership
    • Client Relations
  • Oyster HR Company Logo

    Engineering Manager II

    Oyster HR · London, United Kingdom (Remote)

    May 2022 - September 2023
    1 year and 3 months
    • Led the Growth engineering team, consisting of 6 developers, alongside the Product Director of Growth.
    • Designed and oversaw the development of the global pricing architecture, built with pricing experimentation in mind.
    • Ruby on Rails
    • TypeScript
    • PostgreSQL
    • GraphQL
    • Technical Leadership
    • Decision Making
    • Career Development
  • MUBI Company Logo

    Senior Ruby Engineer

    MUBI · London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

    June 2020 - May 2022
    2 years
    • Pioneered the development of the versioned REST API, contributing to the ease of iterative development and releases.
    • Designed and developed the system architecture for the MUBI Notebook magazine subscription.
    • Ruby on Rails
    • Stimulus.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • Versioned REST APIs
    • Video Streaming
    • FFmpeg
  • Seekster Company Logo

    CTO & Co-Founder

    Seekster · Bangkok, Thailand (Hybrid)

    August 2015 - December 2020
    5 years and 5 months
    • Independently built a web MVP using Ruby on Rails for an 'Uber for services' startup in Bangkok within 6 months.
    • Grew a technical team to 11 cross-functional members, consisting of developers, designers, and product managers.
    • Fostered a positive growth-oriented company culture for 45 employees alongside 2 non-technical business partners.
    • Lead the initiative of pivoting of our company to a SaaS product to manage labour workforces, leading to acquisition.
    • Ruby on Rails
    • JavaScript
    • React
    • Node.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • AWS
    • Technical Leadership
  • Oozou Company Logo

    Web Developer

    Oozou · Bangkok, Thailand (On Site)

    November 2015 - April 2016
    6 months
    • Championed the development of e-commerce, ride-hailing, and recruitment software using Ruby on Rails and React.js.
    • Ruby on Rails
    • JavaScript
    • Node.js
    • React
    • Angular

Projects

  • drenv Logo

    drenv

    Personal project

    Oct 2024 - Present
    Ongoing
    • Created a cross-platform Command Line Interface (CLI) tool for managing DragonRuby Game Toolkit versions.
    • Deno
    • TypeScript
    • Deno KV
    • Commander.js
    • Astral
    • Playwright
  • iQsonics Company Logo

    Sing and Speak 4 Kids

    iQsonics

    July 2024 - December 2024
    6 months
    • Rewrote client's user-facing web application in Ionic Framework (React) to add native mobile app support along with Stripe billing integrated to their Ruby on Rails backend.
    • Ruby on Rails
    • TypeScript
    • React
    • Ionic Framework
    • Tailwind CSS
    • Stripe
    • Heroku
    • Vercel
  • Tencent Thailand Company Logo

    Superwin (https://sanook.com/game/superwin)

    Tencent Thailand

    January 2020 - February 2020
    21 days
    • Delivered an e-sports points-wagering platform built with Next.js within an extremely tight deadline of 21 days.
    • Next.js
    • Express.js
    • React
    • MUI
    • Bull
    • MySQL
    • Redis

Education

  • BSc. Computer Science, 3.44 GPA, Second Class Honours · SIIT, Thammasat University, Thailand
    2010-2014