Grant Richmond

Hi! I'm Grant πŸ‘‹

I'm a frontend engineer, orginally from Scotland, currently based in Barcelona

I like to make fun, accessible, sustainable websites

Find Me

Online

In Person

Home Address
El Clot, Barcelona, Spain
Work Address
I work in a lovely coworking space called AKASHA Hub

Work History

Frontend Developer

Exnaton
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Working on the core product at a climate tech startup β€” building components, design systems, and data-rich energy dashboards, with a big focus on modernising the frontend and growing the company.

www.exnaton.com

Frontend Web Developer

Kinsta
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I was a core contributor to a high-traffic marketing website, working alongside a team that grew from 1 to over 30 people. Modernising the tech stack, running accessibility audits, improving performance, and building tooling so non-developers could create great content without needing me every five minutes.

kinsta.com

Freelance Web Developer

grant.codes
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Over a decade of freelance work building WordPress and React sites for all kinds of small and medium-sized businesses.

Volunteer Tutor

Code Club DCA Dundee
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Taught kids Scratch and basic programming at Code Club, hosted at the Dundee Contemporary Arts cinema.

Senior Web Developer

Hit Reach
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Started as a junior developer and promoted to senior within a year. Built WordPress, static, and custom sites, managed a small dev team, and dealt with clients.

Web Developer

The Social Learning Space
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Built web apps to help college students make the jump to university, and occasionally helped teach technical university modules.

Web Developer

University of Abertay, Dundee
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Built "FIT" β€” a tool that let clients input their financial data and get actionable advice on improving profitability.

Education

Fellowship Cohort 5

Climatebase
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Selected for Cohort 5 of the Climatebase Fellowship β€” a climate career accelerator where I learned about the problems our planet is facing, what we can do about it, and how I can contribute.

climatebase.org

Web Design & Development BSc (Hons)

Abertay University, Dundee
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Graduated with first class honours

www.abertay.ac.uk

Skills

HTML5

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CSS

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React

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Node.js

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Misc JS & tools

WordPress

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Common Tools

Static Site Generators

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Projects

Interests

Travel

I sold all my stuff and went traveling for a couple of years while working remotely

I built and lived in a van while I did a road trip from Canada to Mexico and back again

Making & DIY

I founded Dundee MakerSpace, former member of Makespace Madrid, and I've visited many others on my travels

In particular I enjoy making small electronics, home automation, laser cutting, screen printing and random low quality artwork

Indieweb

I am a supporter of the Indieweb movement and make a bunch of tools in that space