Emma-jo Imber
Full Stack Developer at The Guardian
Newbury, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolEmma-jo Imber is a Full Stack Developer with three years’ experience building and refactoring front-end systems at The Guardian, specialising in JavaScript, React and TypeScript and with hands-on experience migrating large codebases to TypeScript and integrating ad platforms for high-traffic pages. She brings a physics-trained analytical mindset (MSci First Class, University of Bath) and practical cloud and backend experience from roles at Vodafone, including Python, Kafka and AWS certifications. Her background spans product engineering, IoT solutions and technical authoring, which gives her strong documentation and cross-disciplinary communication skills. Notably, she has contributed directly to the Guardian’s flagship frontend repo, improving geolocation utilities, tests and build configuration—work that impacts a major national publication’s user experience. Based in Newbury, she pairs research-led curiosity (quantum tech investigations at Vodafone) with a pragmatic focus on shipping reliable, user-facing web features.
3 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
RGS WorcesterMSci(hons) Natural Sciences with Professional placement, Physics, First class with honours, MSci(hons) Natural Sciences with Professional placement, Physics, First class with honours at University of Bath
English, French, Japanese
Github Skills (11)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
jestjs9
jes9
jtest9
css4
html4
react4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
guardian/frontend
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
The Guardian DotCom.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:118 reviews, 100 commits, 175 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Emma-jo primarily contributed to the front-end of the Guardian's website, focusing on the "frontend" repository. Their work involved updating and refactoring existing JavaScript and TypeScript code, specifically related to geolocation utilities and commercial advertising components. A significant portion of their commits focused on migrating JavaScript files to TypeScript, updating test cases, and integrating a new ad type for the crossword page, demonstrating expertise in front-end development and ad integration. They also made updates to the build and configuration of the front end.
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guardian/sponsorship-expiry-email-lambda
Oct 2022 - Aug 2024
A lambda to send out notice of expiring and expired sponsorship deals
Contributions:4 reviews, 8 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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