Theodor Vararu
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTheodor Vararu is a technical lead with 12 years of experience delivering user-focused web applications and digital services across UK government and commercial sectors. He combines hands-on full‑stack engineering (React, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, C#, PostgreSQL) with people leadership, having led multiple small teams to ship MVPs to GDS service standards at the Department for Education and now at NHS Digital. He champions accessibility, frontend performance and pragmatic DevOps—evident in contributions to high-profile open-source GOV.UK projects like accessible-autocomplete and Whitehall where he implemented accessible UI, keyboard navigation and robust backend publishing logic. Comfortable switching hats—product manager, designer or accessibility consultant—he thrives in agile, iterative delivery and public-facing projects. Colleagues describe him wryly on GitHub as motivated by "laziness, impatience, hubris," which surfaces as a drive to automate repetitive work, cut friction and ship elegant solutions.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Systems and Networks, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Systems and Networks at London South Bank UniversityBachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at University of Bucharest
Github Skills (22)
accessibility10
data-migration10
ruby-rails10
javascript10
wsh10
wp-api10
autocomplete10
dhall10
rails10
ruby10
api10
preact10
react10
hal10
testing9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
alphagov/accessible-autocomplete
Jan 2017 - Jul 2017
An autocomplete component, built to be accessible.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 376 commits, 171 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Theodor primarily worked on implementing the user interface for an accessible autocomplete component. Their contributions included converting JavaScript files to JSX, creating the initial typeahead component, and adding features such as displaying a list of options when typing and handling keyboard navigation (arrow keys, enter, escape). The user also styled the component, added visual styling, and implemented various accessibility features, improving the usability of the component.
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alphagov/whitehall
Mar 2016 - Dec 2016
Publishes government content on GOV.UK
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:72 commits, 53 PRs, 137 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Theodor primarily contributed to the backend logic and data migrations for the `whitehall` repository, focused on the GOV.UK platform. Their work included implementing presenters for organizations, republishing organizations, fixing data migration issues, and adding features for publishing intents related to statistics announcements. Additionally, the user worked on refining presenter logic for detailed guides, and ensuring correct data presentation in the publishing API. The commits demonstrate a strong understanding of the application's architecture and its integration with the publishing API.
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