Llewellyn Thomas is a Lead Scala Engineer with 11 years of experience delivering scalable backend systems and guiding cross-functional teams to business-focused outcomes. He has progressed from PHP development to leading Scala migrations and high-performance routing services, notably driving a legacy-to-Scala transition and tooling improvements that sped editorial workflows. Skilled at partnering with product and legal stakeholders, he builds safeguards around content and licensing while empowering engineers through coaching and a regular engineering "computer club." Currently at Quantexa, Llewellyn blends hands-on implementation with team leadership and is completing a BSc (Honours) in Computing & IT with a Computer Science focus, combining practical production experience with formal study. An uncommon strength is his background in film studies, which informs a thoughtful, user-centric approach to content-heavy systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Honours) Computing & IT and a second subject, Computer Science, BSc (Honours) Computing & IT and a second subject, Computer Science at The Open University
Film Studies, Film Studies at Tshwane University of Technology
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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Llewellyn Thomas - Lead Scala Engineer at Quantexa