Kelvin Gan
Senior Developer at Government Digital Service
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolKelvin Gan is a Senior Developer and Tech Lead with 11 years' experience building and shaping Rails-driven public sector services at the Government Digital Service. He combines deep Ruby on Rails backend work (including contributions to the high-profile alphagov/whitehall codebase powering GOV.UK content publishing) with hands-on JavaScript and front-end leadership, having recently led teams focused on front-end delivery. Skilled in agile practices, sprint planning and mentoring, he also line-manages developers and helps recruit senior engineering talent. Kelvin is committed to inclusive working practices and mental health initiatives, and continuously seeks new tools and methodologies to improve team outcomes and product quality.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computing, Computer Science, IT, Computing, Computer Science, IT at University of East Anglia
Github Skills (12)
ruby-rails10
rails10
datagovuk10
ruby10
postgresql9
content-management9
content-management-system9
frontend8
api8
front8
apidoc8
web-frontend8
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
alphagov/whitehall
Sep 2017 - Jan 2023
Publishes government content on GOV.UK
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 55 commits, 44 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Kelvin primarily focused on back-end development tasks within the `alphagov/whitehall` repository, contributing to the publication of government content on GOV.UK. Their work involved fixing issues related to missing policy/topic assignments for publications, which caused unwithdrawal failures. They also made changes to the cookie serializer and updated content and guidance for tables. In addition, they integrated the Afghanistan travel advice.
govgovuk-publishing-frontendgovukgovernmentcontainer
alphagov/dsp-dashboard
Oct 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:11 reviews, 33 PRs, 46 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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