Ellis Kenyő
DevSecOps Engineer at Justice Digital
Torquay, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolEllis Kenyő is a Lead Security Engineer based in Torquay, UK with 12 years of hands-on experience building and securing production software across government and commercial environments. He blends practical DevSecOps and application security leadership at Justice Digital with deep full‑stack development roots, having implemented integrations, digital forms and automation across multiple stacks. A long-time Emacs enthusiast and contributor to prominent projects like Doom Emacs and lsp-mode, he brings Emacs Lisp expertise and real-world PHP LSP fixes that improve developer tooling. Ellis moves seamlessly between low-level tooling and higher-level architecture, often stepping into sole-developer roles to deliver end-to-end solutions. Known for a dry, sarcastic sense of humour and a dog-friendly lifestyle, he’s as comfortable refactoring editor configs as he is hardening web applications. His background in systems interfacing, package maintenance and soft real-time systems gives him a practical edge when securing complex, heterogeneous environments.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computing BTEC Computing, Computing BTEC Computing at South Devon CollegeComputer Science Computer Science, Computer Science Computer Science at University of Plymouth
English
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Github Skills (32)
language-server-protocol10
emacs-lisp10
php10
emacs10
spacemacs10
elisp10
documentation9
graphql8
wordpress-graphql8
wpgraphql8
vim7
devil7
windows-subsystem-for-linux6
boost6
visual-studio6
Programming languages (32)
Github contributions (5)
emacs-lsp/lsp-mode
Jul 2021 - Sep 2022
Emacs client/library for the Language Server Protocol
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 24 commits, 31 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Ellis primarily contributed to the Emacs client for the Language Server Protocol (LSP) by implementing features and fixing bugs related to PHP language support. They addressed issues in the `lsp-php` client, including setting defaults for `phpactor` and integrating Intelephense, a PHP language server. The user also modified documentation for the PHP guide and worked on resolving pathing and installation issues, enhancing the overall functionality and user experience of the LSP mode within Emacs for PHP development.
pythoneslintlanguage-server-clientclient-libraryjavascript
doomemacs/doomemacs
Feb 2021 - Sep 2022
An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer (Emacs Configuration & Package Management)
Full-stack Developer (Emacs Configuration & Package Management)Contributions:49 reviews, 31 commits, 45 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Ellis primarily contributed to the Doom Emacs framework by modifying and extending its functionality. Their work includes improvements to existing modules, such as Helm and mu4e, by adding new features and fixing bugs. They also integrated new packages, like those supporting PHP and GraphQL, and refactored the configuration for greater efficiency. The user demonstrates a solid understanding of Emacs Lisp and its ecosystem, contributing to various aspects of the framework's configuration and package management.
vimemacs-configurationmartianemacsemacs-lsp
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