Dominic Kendrick
Staff Software Engineer at The Guardian
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarDominic Kendrick is a Staff Software Engineer based in London with 12 years of experience building and leading web engineering teams at The Guardian and Amnesty International. He progressed from hands-on web and front-end development to senior engineering management and now back to a senior individual contributor role, combining deep technical craft with people leadership. Dominic has substantial experience modernising legacy front-end code—removing outdated JavaScript, refining HTML/CSS, and implementing membership and engagement features on the high-profile guardian/frontend codebase. Comfortable shipping product-facing UI and tracking changes at scale, he blends practical engineering with a keen sense for user engagement and design trade-offs. Known for turning maintenance-heavy systems into cleaner, more maintainable platforms, he brings a pragmatic, product-first approach to large newsroom engineering challenges.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (5)
html10
css10
javascript10
frontend10
react3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
guardian/frontend
Jun 2015 - Feb 2020
The Guardian DotCom.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 231 commits, 128 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Dominic primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the `guardian/frontend` repository. They removed outdated code and javascript, updated existing javascript, and made modifications to HTML and CSS files, specifically targeting the removal of dependencies and the implementation of new features related to membership and engagement banners. Their work also included changes to component tracking for epic contributions and sign-in gate design and functionality.
productionguardian
guardian/frontend-email-reporting
Dec 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:35 PRs, 69 pushes, 15 branches in 8 months
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