Raphaëlle Cantin
Senior Software Engineer at Wellcome Trust
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRaphaëlle Cantin is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade-long career focused on front-end web development, currently leading front-end and API work for Wellcome Collection using React, Next.js and TypeScript. She specialises in search-driven experiences (ElasticSearch and custom APIs) and accessible UIs, combining hands-on implementation with team leadership and line management. Previously she led subscription platform development and release management at LUSH across UK & Europe, and has a track record of empowering non-technical teams through training and custom tooling at charities and agencies. Based in Stony Stratford, she brings a practical blend of product-minded engineering and governance experience, and has a long-standing interest in making complex interfaces discoverable and inclusive.
3 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Indigenous Canada Certificate, History, Indigenous Canada Certificate, History at University of AlbertaDEC, Communication, Cinéma, DEC, Communication, Cinéma at Cegep LimoilouOxford Women's Leadership Development Programme, Oxford Women's Leadership Development Programme at Saïd Business School, University of OxfordDEC Technique, Multimedia, DEC Technique, Multimedia at College Maisonneuve
French, English
Github Skills (38)
sass10
typescript10
monorepo10
nodejs10
frontend10
resumable8
styled-components8
digital-preservation8
portal7
searching7
css7
api7
rfc7
react7
collections7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
wellcomecollection/content-api
Mar 2023 - Apr 2025
📖 The API + ETL pipeline for searching the Wellcome Collection Prismic Repository.
Contributions:149 reviews, 88 PRs, 181 pushes in 2 years 1 month
wellcomecollection/developers.wellcomecollection.org
Sep 2022 - Apr 2025
Wellcome Collection's developer portal and API reference documentation
Contributions:18 reviews, 16 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 7 months
apiwellcomeportalwellcome-collectionapi-reference
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