Brett Jephson
Product Engineer at GitBook
Bedford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBrett Jephson is a product-focused engineer with 13 years crafting web and mobile experiences, currently building user-facing features at GitBook after senior front-end roles at Hopin, JustGiving and King. He brings deep front-end expertise—React, TypeScript, GraphQL and CSS—paired with practical full-stack skills in Node.js, Express and AWS, and a track record creating design systems and tooling (style-dictionary pipelines) to scale UI across brands. A former games and interactive developer for the BBC and multiple agencies, he blends playful experimentation (CSS/Canvas/WebGL demos on CodePen and GitHub) with production-quality engineering. He co-authored The HTML and CSS Workshop and has freelanced for high-profile clients such as Thomson Reuters and Google, demonstrating an ability to move between product teams and consultancy work. Based in Bedford, UK, Brett combines a creative background in journalism and cultural studies with pragmatic engineering to make interfaces that are both usable and delightful.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Journalism, Film and Broadcasting, BA, Journalism, Film and Broadcasting at Cardiff University / Prifysgol CaerdyddMA, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies, MA, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at University of Nottingham
English
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Github Skills (27)
markdown10
gitbook10
git10
toolchain10
documentation10
integrations9
typescript9
asteroids9
react9
entity8
open-source7
actionscript7
html6
transform6
try-catch6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BrettJephson/ash-js
Aug 2012 - Jun 2013
Contributions:28 commits in 9 months
actionscriptgameentityjavascriptgame-development
BrettJephson/additive-transform-js
Nov 2013 - Jul 2015
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 2 comments in 1 year 7 months
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