Jack Sleight
R R Shiny Developer at Audit Scotland
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJack Sleight is an R/Shiny developer and data scientist with 12 years’ experience applying bioinformatics and full-stack web skills to real-world problems, now building interactive data tools at Audit Scotland. He brings a strong academic grounding (MSc Distinction in Bioinformatics and first-class honours in Biochemistry and Pharmacology) and has progressed from lab support to senior bioinformatics developer roles at Fios Genomics. Equally comfortable in R and the web stack, Jack is an active open-source contributor to notable Laravel projects—improving UI components in Filament and enhancing the core of the Statamic CMS with back-end Bard fieldtype features. He’s motivated by solving interesting technical problems and has a track record of shipping pragmatic fixes for complex UI and content-handling issues. Based in Brighton, he blends scientific rigor with product-minded engineering, often surfacing subtle UX bugs and improving robustness across systems.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The Glasgow AcademyBiochemistry and Pharmacology, 1st Class Honours, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, 1st Class Honours at University of StrathclydeMaster of Science, Bioinformatics, Distinction, Master of Science, Bioinformatics, Distinction at University of Glasgow
Github Skills (19)
cms10
laravel-mix10
tiptap10
laravel10
compose10
prosemirror10
php10
tailwindcss10
alpinejs10
package10
statamic10
composer10
admin9
ui-design9
forms9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
statamic/cms
May 2021 - Jan 2023
The core Laravel CMS Composer package
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 86 commits, 194 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Jack made significant contributions to the Statamic CMS core, particularly focusing on the Bard fieldtype. They implemented features enabling custom ProseMirror nodes and marks, including the ability to replace built-in extensions. The user also added a helper function for Bard node extensions and enhanced the handling of invalid Bard content. Further, they improved email attachments, added a field option to the link fieldtype, and made modifications to other components within the Statamic CMS.
cmsssgprestashop-modulelaravel10composer
filamentphp/filament
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
A collection of beautiful full-stack components for Laravel. The perfect starting point for your next app. Using Livewire, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 100 commits, 25 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Jack primarily contributed to the front-end and UI components of the Filament framework. Their commits involved adjusting layouts, fixing alignment issues, and refining the styling of various components, including date-time pickers, tables, and multi-select elements. They also addressed uninitialized UI elements and implemented fixes for toggle, tags, and badge columns. Additionally, the user worked on fixing sidebar flash and added improvements to other parts of the app.
cmsfor-humanstall-stackadmin-panelform-builder
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