Andy Gallagher
Senior Software Engineer at The Guardian
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarAndy Gallagher is a Senior Software Engineer at The Guardian with 13 years’ experience blending full-stack development and multimedia production. He evolved from a studio video producer into the unofficial multimedia systems lead, transitioning deep domain knowledge of digital media into robust software solutions. At The Guardian he contributes front-end improvements to critical systems like the Guardian’s image management (guardian/grid), focusing on UX, previews and tooling that help journalists manage assets more safely and efficiently. Comfortable across JavaScript and Angular, he brings a creator’s attention to detail to UI/UX and tooling work that often sits between engineering and editorial needs. Based in London, he combines newsroom instincts with production-grade engineering discipline to ship pragmatic features under real-world constraints. His background as a videographer gives him an uncommon advantage in anticipating editorial workflows and designing developer and user experiences that actually get used.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
angular10
image-management9
css8
html8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
guardian/grid
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
The Guardian’s image management system
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 8 PRs, 14 pushes in 25 days
Contributions summary:Andy primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience within the image management system. Their commits involved modifying front-end components, including the image preview and usage display, incorporating features like displaying warnings for recent image usages. The user also contributed to styling and UI adjustments, such as applying warning icons and updating tooltips. They worked with JavaScript, Angular, and related front-end technologies.
management-systemproductionguardianimage-management
guardian/video-ipub-lambda
Dec 2016 - Oct 2020
Lambda function to populate interactive publisher database
Contributions:10 PRs, 63 pushes, 16 branches in 3 years 11 months
lambdaserverlessaws-lambdadatabasepopulate
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