Joseph Haig
Ruby On at Ministry of Justice UK
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Haig is a seasoned Ruby on Rails developer based in London with over 12 years in software engineering and more than 7 years focused on Rails production work. He combines strong backend craftsmanship with practical security improvements—evidenced by contributions to the popular RaspAP web GUI where he implemented authentication and CSRF protections for the admin interface. His background spans major organisations including the BBC, Arnold Clark and the UK Ministry of Justice, giving him experience across media, retail and government systems. Mathematically trained with degrees up to MPhil, he brings analytical rigor to design and debugging, and maintains a curiosity for front-end tech like React and expanding his skill set.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MPhil, Mathematics, MPhil, Mathematics at The University of ManchesterBSc, Mathematics, BSc, Mathematics at University of YorkMSc, Mathematics, MSc, Mathematics at University of Warwick
Github Skills (9)
csrf10
user-authentication10
authentication10
php10
security10
wifi9
debian9
hostapd8
lighttpd7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
RaspAP/raspap-webgui
May 2016 - Oct 2017
The easiest, full-featured wireless router setup for Debian-based devices. Period.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:63 commits, 24 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily focused on implementing and securing the administrative interface for the RaspAP web GUI. Their contributions included adding authentication mechanisms, such as a basic authentication scheme and CSRF tokens for enhanced security. They also made improvements to the admin password update functionality. Their work involved modifications to PHP files to facilitate the secure configuration of the RaspAP system.
debian-basedwirelessraspberry-pihostapdrpi
jrmhaig/elite_universe
Dec 2015 - Oct 2025
Contributions:5 releases, 50 pushes, 3 branches in 9 years 11 months
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