Damian Posener
Senior Platform Developer
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDamian Posener is a Senior Platform Developer with 11 years of experience building robust, fast and secure full-stack web platforms, currently leading platform work at REEDPOP (IGN Entertainment). He specialises in PHP, HTML/CSS/JS and MySQL/MariaDB, bringing a pragmatic focus on reliability and performance to high-traffic sites. Previously a Lead Developer at The Student Room Group, he has a track record of turning product ideas into maintainable systems and mentors engineering teams through practical, production-first decisions. As founder of racetime.gg, he blends professional engineering with open-source entrepreneurship, shipping a community-focused videogame racing platform. Based in Brighton and holding a BSc in Mathematics from the University of York, he pairs analytical rigor with hands-on delivery—and drinks tea while doing it.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics, Upper second-class honours (2:1), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics, Upper second-class honours (2:1) at University of York
English
Github Skills (66)
python10
django10
toggl10
timer10
orm10
django-framework9
discord-bot9
docker-compose8
telegram-bot8
react8
user-interface8
common-library8
golang7
bots7
chat7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
LiveSplit/LiveSplit.Racetime
May 2020 - Jun 2022
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 1 month
deains/oot-tracker
Apr 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:21 pushes in 5 years 11 months
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