Rhys Tyers
Head Of Engineering at Vizibl
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRhys Tyers is a Head of Engineering and full-stack software leader with 11 years' experience building modern web platforms, currently leading engineering at Vizibl after progressing from Frontend Engineer to Principal Engineer and now Head of Engineering. He specializes in TypeScript, React/Redux, Web Components, Python, and cloud-native deployments on GCP and Kubernetes, with hands-on expertise in testing (Jest/Puppeteer) and high-performance data visualisation using Canvas and WebGL. Rhys blends technical depth with people leadership, having managed teams at Superduper and led squads at Vizibl to deliver scalable SPAs and platform features. An active open-source contributor, he has improved the Nextcloud News app’s frontend UX and accessibility, demonstrating care for cross-version compatibility and keyboard navigation. Trained in physics at Imperial College London, he brings an analytical mindset to product-facing engineering and system design.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Physics Physics, Physics Physics at Imperial College London
English
Github Skills (11)
html10
css10
javascript10
front-end-development10
angularjs9
nextcloud9
newsapi5
feed4
feedparser4
rss4
atom-feed4
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
nextcloud/news
Oct 2022 - Oct 2022
📰 RSS/Atom feed reader
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 6 commits, 3 PRs in 3 days
Contributions summary:Rhys primarily contributed to the Nextcloud News app's front-end, focusing on user interface improvements and bug fixes. They addressed issues related to UI inconsistencies in different Nextcloud versions, particularly NC25, and keyboard navigation problems. Additionally, the user fixed issues with the cron job warning layout and made changes to the NewsScroll directive, enhancing the overall user experience.
rssnextcloudrss-readeratom-feed-readernewspaper
rhyst/vscode-therion-language
Feb 2020 - Apr 2022
VSCode language features for Therion
Contributions:61 commits, 13 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 years 2 months
therionvscodevscode-extensionlanguage-featuresvscode-language
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