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.
4 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 (31)
css10
sass10
typescript10
styled-components10
monorepo10
nodejs10
frontend10
css-in-js9
react9
oneapi9
rfc8
portal8
react-native8
digital-preservation7
artemis7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
wellcomecollection/developers.wellcomecollection.org
Sep 2022 - Jun 2026
Wellcome Collection's developer portal and API reference documentation
Contributions:23 reviews, 17 PRs, 25 pushes in 3 years 9 months
apiwellcomeportalwellcome-collectionapi-reference
wellcomecollection/content-api
Mar 2023 - Jul 2026
📖 The API + ETL pipeline for searching the Wellcome Collection Prismic Repository.
Contributions:193 reviews, 114 PRs, 240 pushes in 3 years 4 months
etlprismic
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