--- title: "Gwynfor Hockridge — CV · Inky the Squid" canonical_url: "https://inkythesquid.co.uk/cv" last_updated: "2026-07-08T05:21:20.842Z" meta: author: "Gwynfor Hockridge" description: "Senior software engineer with lead experience across Vue/Nuxt, GraphQL, and AWS-backed platforms. Recent work includes architecting a national sports LMS (mobile offline access, certifications, £50k+ first-month revenue) and SSO/search across a 10+ app ecosystem. Background in high-traffic game-studio sites and agency delivery. Based in Perth, Western Australia; currently completing a Master of Management Information Systems at Edith Cowan University (from 2026)." keywords: "creative web engineer, web engineer, software engineer, frontend developer, WebGL, Three.js, GSAP, Nuxt, Vue, portfolio, Gwynfor Hockridge" "og:description": "Senior software engineer with lead experience across Vue/Nuxt, GraphQL, and AWS-backed platforms. Recent work includes architecting a national sports LMS (mobile offline access, certifications, £50k+ first-month revenue) and SSO/search across a 10+ app ecosystem. Background in high-traffic game-studio sites and agency delivery. Based in Perth, Western Australia; currently completing a Master of Management Information Systems at Edith Cowan University (from 2026)." "og:title": "Gwynfor Hockridge — Senior Software Engineer" "twitter:description": "Immersive, performant web engineering from the digital depths. Selected work, capabilities, and contact." "twitter:title": "Inky the Squid — Creative Web Engineer" --- # Gwynfor Hockridge Senior Software Engineer - Perth, Western Australia - [+64 491983704](tel:+64491983704) - [gwyn@inkythesquid.co.uk](mailto:gwyn@inkythesquid.co.uk) - [inkythesquid.co.uk](https://inkythesquid.co.uk) - [linkedin.com/in/gwynfor-hockridge-018106b9](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwynfor-hockridge-018106b9/) - [github.com/gwynhokkers](https://github.com/gwynhokkers) ## Professional summary Senior software engineer with lead experience across Vue/Nuxt, GraphQL, and AWS-backed platforms. Recent work includes architecting a national sports LMS (mobile offline access, certifications, £50k+ first-month revenue) and SSO/search across a 10+ app ecosystem. Background in high-traffic game-studio sites and agency delivery. Based in Perth, Western Australia; currently completing a Master of Management Information Systems at Edith Cowan University (from 2026). ## Key skills - ### Product & front-end Vue 3 · Nuxt · TypeScript · React · Tailwind · CSS/SCSS · GraphQL · REST - ### Platform & infrastructure AWS · Laravel · SQLite/offline sync · Typesense · SSO · CI/CD · Git - ### Craft & delivery Three.js · GSAP · accessibility · code review · Agile delivery · team leadership ## Experience - ### høppstudio — Senior Developer 2024 – May 2026 - Architected a CMS-driven LMS for a national sports organisation — structured courses, assessments, certifications, analytics, and a cross-platform Vue/GraphQL mobile app with SQLite offline sync; £50k+ revenue in the first month. - Built a live match-reporting product using real-time API data, custom commentary, and themable packaging for multiple clients. - Delivered a Nuxt PWA social platform with GraphQL to a headless CMS, including gamification and leaderboards. - Implemented AWS-based SSO and unified user profiling across 10+ digital applications, improving engagement tracking and cross-app insights. - Designed a federated search API (Typesense) aggregating content types from multiple apps. - Led stack modernisation (Vue, Nuxt, Laravel) and mentored a team of 5; established code review, release pipelines, and deployment workflows. - ### 1minus1 — Senior Developer 2020 – 2023 - Built bespoke websites and PWAs for major game studios (e.g. Forza franchise hub), partnering with design on interactive animation and accessible, high-traffic launches. - Led CI/CD adoption across AWS, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, and Git-based workflows. - Migrated large-scale properties (40k+ posts) from legacy CMS platforms with minimal downtime. - Introduced Three.js interactive experiences and comprehensive unit testing for core features. - Helped scale the studio from 2 to 6+ developers and 5 to 20+ staff; established code standards and review practices. - ### Protech Commercial Kitchens — Web & Digital Marketing Feb – May 2020 · Sydney, Australia - Short-term contract delivering custom JavaScript/PHP contact forms and Google Tag Manager event tracking for conversion measurement. - ### Inky the Squid — Independent Developer 2016 – present - Delivered custom WordPress and Vue sites for clients in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia — translating Figma designs into production themes and interactive pages. - Contracted to digital agencies on theme builds, performance, and design-to-code delivery. - ### University of Kent & Kent Business School — Web Developer / Consultant 2014 – 2018 · Canterbury, UK - Strategic lead on Kent Business School website redesign — reduced site from 500+ to under 50 pages while coordinating central web teams and stakeholders. - Managed a team of 5 staff delivering platform updates and essential services university-wide. - Rolled out a research promotion platform and central news publishing network across multiple sites. - Scoped projects, wrote client agreements, and delivered training/documentation for central teams. ## Education - ### Master of Management Information Systems (in progress) 2026 – present Edith Cowan University · Perth, Western Australia - ### Higher Diploma in Economics 2014 – 2015 University of Kent · Canterbury, UK ## Selected projects - ### [Sport Learning Platform](https://www.hoppstudio.com/the-digital-learning-platform-for-sport) LMS architecture, AWS, companion offline app. - ### [Forza Franchise Hub](https://1minus1.com/case-studies/forza) Headless CMS, API layer, accessibility at scale. - ### [Invoke Studios](https://invokestudios.com/) CMS-driven AAA studio brand site. References available on request.