Emily Saffron
Software Engineer at BBC News
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolEmily Saffron is a software engineer based in London with five years' experience building large-scale, accessible web applications at the BBC. Progressing from degree apprentice to junior and now software engineer, she brings hands-on expertise in modern front-end frameworks and a strong focus on UI/UX accessibility. Her open-source contributions to the BBC's high-profile Simorgh project include feature implementation, pagination and styling improvements, and enhancements for on-demand audio pages. Comfortable shipping production changes on major public-facing sites, she combines pragmatic engineering with attention to inclusive design. Emily studied Software Engineering through The Open University while growing her professional experience, demonstrating a practical blend of academic grounding and real-world delivery. Colleagues describe her as a detail-oriented developer who balances user-focused polish with maintainable code.
5 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Digital and Technology Solutions Software Engineering, BSc Digital and Technology Solutions Software Engineering at The Open UniversityTonbridge Grammar School
Github Skills (12)
typescript10
typescripts10
react10
typescript-types10
javascript9
nextjs9
css8
html8
bc7
newsapi5
rt5
express-ts4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bbc/simorgh
Nov 2020 - Oct 2022
The BBC's Open Source Web Application. Contributions welcome! Used on some of our biggest websites, e.g.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:225 reviews, 60 commits, 113 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Emily's commits primarily focused on modifying and enhancing the user interface components of the BBC's web application, Simorgh. These changes included implementing new features and refining existing functionality. The user was also responsible for improving the display of content related to on-demand audio pages. Additionally, the user made updates related to pagination and styling for various components.
isomorphic-javascriptreactbiggestsingle-page-applicationjavascript
emilysaffron/musclegen
Feb 2021 - Feb 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 53 pushes in 16 days
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