Karina Thomas
Senior Software Engineer at bbc
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarKarina Thomas is a Senior Software Engineer based in Glasgow with six years of experience building full‑stack web applications. At the BBC she contributes to Simorgh, the organization’s open‑source web app used on major sites, where she has delivered front‑end and back‑end features for projects like the "Africa Eye" section. Her work spans React, Express, and TypeScript, with a focus on shipping new functionality while improving component performance and layout. Comfortable navigating both UI and API layers, she demonstrates an ability to take features from design through to production. Colleagues would describe her as a pragmatic engineer who balances user-facing polish with maintainable server logic. She combines enterprise-scale product experience with active open-source contributions that surface in high-visibility publishing platforms.
6 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
web-development10
front-end-development10
web-application10
webapp10
react10
typescript-types10
expressjs9
css8
html8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bbc/simorgh
Dec 2019 - Jan 2023
The BBC's Open Source Web Application. Contributions welcome! Used on some of our biggest websites, e.g.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 2265 reviews, 2446 commits in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Karina's commits focus on implementing new features for a BBC Open Source Web Application. Their work primarily revolved around adding functionality for the "Africa Eye" section, demonstrating proficiency in React, Express, and TypeScript. These contributions involved significant changes in both the front-end user interface and back-end API logic, showcasing their ability to work across the full-stack. Additional updates involved improving the performance and layout of existing components.
isomorphic-javascriptreactbiggestsingle-page-applicationjavascript
karinathomasbbc/ws-media-dashboard
Jan 2020 - Oct 2020
BBC World Service - Media - Dashboard
Contributions:1 review, 430 commits, 1 PR in 9 months
reactbbcdashboard
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