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Front-end UI Developer

Scott Gemmell

Front-end developer building accessible, fast interfaces, and the pattern libraries behind them, for corporate and public-sector Agile teams.

Scott Gemmell
LOCATIONBeith, North Ayrshire
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Profile

About

Front-end contract developer with years of experience delivering web applications for banking and financial-services clients: RBS, NatWest, Ulster Bank, Clydesdale Bank and pension providers Aegon and Nest. I build both the interfaces and the design systems behind them: at Syntel Europe I created a custom UI pattern library for a major corporate banking platform, and at Edrington and Arnold Clark I shipped React applications and reusable component libraries used across Agile teams.

I build accessible, performant interfaces with React, Redux and modern JavaScript, and I'm at home in the regulated, security-conscious environments fintech demands. Currently contracting with Sage and available for new engagements.

INTERESTSFootball · Gym · Video games
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Experience

Mar 2025 — NowContract

Front-end Engineer

Sage · Remote (US)

Collaborated on the rebranding of Anvyl to Sage, delivering front-end web updates that aligned digital experiences with the new brand identity while maintaining a seamless user experience and site performance.

2019 — Now

Director

Various Pixels

Running my own contracting business, delivering front-end work across a range of inside- and outside-IR35 roles.

Feb — Jun 2023Contract

Front-end Developer

MRM Global · Remote

Built and maintained web flows for the Brand Creator app (food & drinks) using Polotno Studio with React and Redux Toolkit, alongside product owners, designers and testers.

Jan — Feb 2023Contract

Portal Developer

Nest / Aegon · Remote | Edinburgh

Hired for a government pensions portal; when the project was descoped on day one, packaged a deliverable for a potential next phase.

Feb 2021 — Sep 2022Contract

UI Engineer

Arnold Clark · Remote

18 months across the Quotations and Employee teams — coding multi-step user journeys, form elements and UI components in an Agile team of designers, developers, PMs and testers.

Sep 2019 — Feb 2020Contract

Front End Developer

Royal Bank of Scotland · Remote | Edinburgh | Glasgow

Edinburgh-based work on a large React application serving NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank, with UX developers, back-end developers and journey planners.

Apr — Aug 2019Contract

ReactJS Developer

Edrington · Glasgow

Built the Edrington Edge global sales web app for brand ambassadors worldwide using React, Redux and APIs.

Mar 2018 — Mar 2019Permanent

ReactJS Developer

Syntel Europe · Glasgow

Moved to a new banking team to build complex web forms that gather customer data and drive multi-step interactions.

May 2017 — Feb 2018Permanent

Web UI Developer / Technical Lead

Syntel Europe · Glasgow

Designed and built a custom UI pattern library for a large corporate banking site using JavaScript (React + ES6), HTML and SCSS (OOCSS + BEM), with visual designers, UX and business architects.

Jan 2014 — May 2017Permanent

Front-end Developer

Digirati · Glasgow | Bristol

Consultancy for large corporate and public-sector clients across the UK, working in Agile teams with analysts, UX/UI developers, designers and testers.

2012 — 2013Permanent

Front-end Developer

BiP Solutions · Glasgow

Front-end on BiP's flagship public-sector web product within a large Java development team.

2007 — 2011

Earlier roles

Web Designer & Developer, Active8 Promotions: sole developer across the Active Corporate brands, incl. a large Magento store. 2010–2011
Front-end Developer, Hilton (Agency): seasonal, multi-language hotel-promotion pages via a bespoke CMS. 2009–2010
Web Designer, EasySpace Design & Colloquium: small-to-mid client sites and intranets. 2007–2009
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Education

BA

Applied Graphics with Multimedia Technology

Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow
HND

Graphic Design

Reid Kerr College, Paisley
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Skills

Core
HTML CSS JavaScript React Redux JSON APIs Git Agile Accessibility Responsive Web Design Figma PHP Liferay Illustrator Photoshop
Familiar
WordPress ExpressionEngine MySQL Eclipse Linux jQuery Magento
Open to new contract engagements · References on request Scott Gemmell · Front-end UI Developer