Oisin Bourke — Software Engineer

Profile

Software engineer with 6 years’ experience building scalable, high-performing web applications using React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript. Proven ability to deliver clean, maintainable code and improve product performance. Passionate about seamless UX, team collaboration, and shipping user-first features that make a difference 🚀

Employment History

Frontend Engineer — Rapid7 (Cybersecurity)

Nov 2023 — Present · Belfast

Designing and building complex, scalable user interfaces using React and TypeScript in a large production codebase
Working closely with UX/UI designers and product partners to translate designs into accessible, reusable components
Improving application performance and reliability through profiling, optimisation, and comprehensive test coverage
Owning features end-to-end, from scoping and technical design through to delivery and iteration
Contributing to architectural discussions and supporting less-experienced engineers through code reviews and mentoring

Frontend Engineer — Foods Connected (Food supply chain)

Jun 2023 — Oct 2023 · Belfast

Developed and shipped user interface features using React in a customer-facing web application

Software Engineer — Pitchbooking (Booking platform)

Jan 2023 — May 2023 · Belfast

Built and maintained front-end features using React for a scheduling and booking platform
Contributed to backend services with Node.js, collaborating across the stack to deliver features end-to-end

Software Engineer — Firstup (Workplace communications)

Jan 2020 — Dec 2022 · Belfast

Developed user interfaces with React as part of a cross-functional product team
Built and maintained backend services using C# and .NET in a production environment
Integrated front-end and back-end systems to deliver cohesive, reliable user experiences

Skills

React TypeScript JavaScript HTML & CSS React Context Redux Recoil React Query Fetch API React Testing Library Vitest Vite Node & NPM Git

Education

Higher Diploma in Software Development — NUI Galway

Aug 2018 — May 2019

Grade: 1 ⭐️

Internship: Marine Institute, Galway

Master’s in International Human Rights Law — NUI Galway

Sep 2007 — Sep 2008

Grade: 2.1

Internship: Human Rights Law Network, India

Bachelor of Arts (History & Anthropology) — Maynooth University

Sep 2004 — Jun 2008

Grade: 1 ⭐️

🐶 Side Project (WIP)

OWID Cube Dashboard

A full-stack analytics dashboard exploring country-level CO₂ emissions data.

DuckDB for analytical storage
Cube as a semantic analytics API
React + TypeScript frontend
Deployed frontend (Vercel) and backend (Fly.io)

Live demo → Source code →

Hobbies

Cycling 🚴🏻 · Cooking 👨🏻‍🍳 · Coding 👨🏻‍💻 · Gaming 🕹 · Politics 🗞