Richard Jones
Principal Software Engineer at Playtime Studios
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Jones is a Lead Software Engineer based in London with 12 years of hands-on full-stack experience and a track record of long-term technical leadership at Playtime Studios since 2011. He progressed through engineering roles at Virgin Media and ADVFN, demonstrating steady growth from junior to lead positions and a talent for shipping reliable web and product features. With a background in graphic design, he brings a rare blend of strong technical depth and an eye for user-focused interfaces. Known among peers as a pragmatic problem-solver and self-styled "software engineering wizard," he hides thoughtful easter eggs in projects that reflect his playful attention to detail. Comfortable across front-end and back-end stacks, he excels at mentoring teams and turning ambiguous requirements into maintainable systems.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons), Graphic Design, specialising in Web/UX Design, BA (Hons), Graphic Design, specialising in Web/UX Design at University for the Creative Arts
English
Github Skills (200)
testing10
statusline10
vim10
fuzzy-finder10
automation10
linter10
nvim10
unix10
cvs10
api10
vagrant10
marks10
karabiner10
zsh10
filetype10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
nomasprime/IDEOS
Dec 2017 - Jun 2026
Contributions:284 pushes, 34 branches in 8 years 7 months
nomasprime/puppet-ideos
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
The ultimate IDE that leverages the full power of OS X
Contributions:2 PRs, 85 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
leveragesideos-xpowermacos
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