Richard Jones
Lead 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.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Graphic Design, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Graphic Design at University for the Creative Arts
English
Github Skills (200)
powerline10
testing10
vimscript10
statusline10
vim10
fuzzy-finder10
automation10
linter10
command-line-tool10
nvim10
todoist10
unix10
api10
vagrant10
karabiner10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
playtimestudios/www
May 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:48 commits, 12 PRs, 106 pushes in 2 years
nomasprime/IDEOS
Dec 2017 - Nov 2024
Contributions:280 pushes, 33 branches in 7 years
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