Rupert Bates
Lead Web Developer at Guardian News & Media
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRupert Bates is a Lead Web Developer based in Bristol with 15 years of experience building engaging, conversion-focused web experiences for large media organizations. At The Guardian he has driven front-end improvements—most notably implementing and A/B-testing membership engagement banners across editions—to boost user engagement and optimise messaging. His background spans hands-on development and team leadership roles, including long-standing positions as Lead Web and Android Developer and earlier development management. Rupert combines product-minded UI engineering with practical A/B experimentation to turn design hypotheses into measurable outcomes. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technologist who balances fast iteration with maintainable code on high-traffic sites. He brings deep institutional knowledge of publishing platforms and a proven track record of shipping front-end features that move key metrics.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Anglia Ruskin University
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Github Skills (22)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
guardian/frontend
Nov 2016 - May 2022
The Guardian DotCom.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 75 commits, 45 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Rupert primarily focused on front-end development, specifically implementing and modifying the membership engagement banner within the Guardian's frontend repository. They updated copy, styling, and functionality of the banner, incorporating A/B testing variations for different user segments and editions. This included changes to HTML templates and JavaScript code to support the new banner layouts and user experiences. The user's work aimed to enhance user engagement and improve conversions.
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guardian/support-models
Jun 2017 - Dec 2018
Shared models used to interact with Guardian Support(ers) step-functions
Contributions:42 PRs, 69 pushes, 42 branches in 1 year 6 months
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