Luke Bennett
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLuke Bennett is a seasoned full-stack engineer and principal consultant with 13 years of experience helping organisations adopt emerging tech—particularly spatial computing and AI—while staying legally compliant. Based in London, he has led digital transformation projects across entertainment, blockchain, public sector bids and GenAI tooling, and previously contributed to widely used open-source projects like GitLab and the Timber WordPress framework. Comfortable from frontend UX to backend systems, he has built video streaming clients, custodial wallets, and greenfield products while also running a remote agency. Notable for shipping code at scale at GitLab and for pragmatic product-focused leadership at MDRx and STACKI, he marries hands-on engineering with commercial delivery. He trained in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, and brings an unusual blend of entertainment-focused spatial computing work and deep practical open-source experience.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University of Plymouth
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
wordpress10
rails10
phpunit10
php10
twig10
ruby-on-rails10
timber10
rspec9
gitlab9
front-end-development8
haml8
back-end-development8
css7
html6
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
gitlabhq/gitlabhq
May 2016 - Jul 2019
GitLab CE Mirror | Please open new issues in our issue tracker on GitLab.com
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1919 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Luke primarily contributed to the GitLab CE mirror repository by addressing various aspects related to labels, including bug fixes, feature enhancements, and code refactoring. Their work involved modifying both backend controllers and frontend JavaScript files, indicating a full-stack focus. They improved tooltips and subscription functionalities for labels, improved test specifications, and updated the general settings by adding a new feature.
gitlab-apinew-issuestrackerrailsgitea
timber/timber
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Create WordPress themes with beautiful OOP code and the Twig Template Engine
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:52 commits in 22 days
Contributions summary:Luke primarily focused on enhancing the Timber WordPress theme framework by adding and modifying core functionalities and tests. Contributions include refactoring of existing code, adding new features related to image manipulation and template rendering. The user also addressed several test failures, including updates to router tests and the comment form test, and added deprecation warnings for methods that will be removed in future releases.
template-enginetwigwordpressphptimber
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