Jonathan Willitts
Senior Research Software Engineer (Web Specialist) at King's College London
Wigan, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Willitts is a seasoned research software engineer and web specialist with over 20 years in software and a decade of focused experience delivering reliable, production-grade Python/Django systems for research and clinical trials. He blends deep technical craft—CI/DevOps, testing, HPC, and cloud deployments—with practical UX-minded documentation work, having improved user guides for notable open projects like QGIS. At institutions such as UCL, LSTM and King’s College London he has built and operated cloud-native clinical data platforms and is now accelerating AI-driven cancer research at PharosAI. Known for readable, robust code and cross-disciplinary collaboration, he also brings uncommon breadth from Java/Eclipse RCP scientific tools to low-level HPC wrappers and geospatial visualization plugins. Based in Wigan, he pairs academic credentials (MSc Advanced Computer Science) with a track record of turning research prototypes into dependable, auditable software.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Msc Advanced Computer Science, Msc Advanced Computer Science at University of Liverpool
Github Skills (7)
rs10
autocorrect10
restructuredtext10
typos10
qgis10
documentation10
python4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
qgis/QGIS-Documentation
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
QGIS Documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:10 commits, 5 PRs, 5 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily contributed to the project by correcting typos, updating menu selections, and refining references within the documentation. They focused on ensuring accuracy and consistency in the training manual and user guide, particularly in areas related to vector analysis and plugin usage. The contributions highlight an effort to improve clarity and user experience through precise language and up-to-date interface references. Their work involved direct interaction with the documentation files, specifically those written in reStructuredText (.rst) format.
pythonqgisrst
effect-trial/effect-edc
Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
Fluconazole plus flucytosine vs. fluconazole alone for cryptococcal antigen-positive patients identified through screening: A phase III randomised controlled trial
Contributions:19 reviews, 855 commits, 25 PRs in 1 year 1 month
clinical-trialscontrolledscreeningpatientsantigen
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