Drew Taylor

Sydney Area, Australia Australia

Senior Web Applications Developer

Technology / Software / Internet

StartLocal creates local business directories to help people find products and services near them. As the technology lead, I have the responsibility for the development and maintenance of all the websites we maintain. In addition, I am building a new Deals platform which aggregates and displays deals (discounts, coupons, sales, etc) on our website, plus integration with the existing business directories. In the last year, I have: designed and built the Deals platform, built a REST API using Dancer, created back office applications using ExtJS and Catalyst, automated the sending of monthly newsletters and daily deals emails with SendGrid and Redis, made numerous SEO improvements, integra...