Tim Down
Senior Software Engineer at Overleaf
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTim Down is a seasoned full-stack web engineer with 16 years of experience building and improving web applications for companies ranging from startups to established products. Currently a Senior Software Engineer at Overleaf, he contributes front-end improvements to a widely used collaborative LaTeX editor—implementing UI refinements like spell-check menus, review-panel layout fixes, and history diff tooling. Prior roles include long-term full-stack development at Widgit and technical leadership at MarketingNet, giving him deep familiarity with JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, HTML/CSS and a broad set of backend technologies. A mathematician by training (BSc, University of Warwick), he combines analytical rigor with pragmatic product-focused engineering. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful UI problem-solving and steady delivery on complex, user-facing features.
15 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Mathematics, BSc, Mathematics at University of Warwick
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Github Skills (98)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
overleaf/overleaf
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
A web-based collaborative LaTeX editor
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:45 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Tim's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the Overleaf web application. They implemented features such as managing the positioning of spell check context menus and adding vertical padding to editor content to address issues in the review panel. Additionally, they worked on a CM6 switch-away survey, and addressed layout and UI improvements within the review panel. They also implemented history diff viewer buttons and addressed the correct loading of javascript files.
latex-editorweb-basedlatexcollaborativeeditor
timdown/log4javascript2
Mar 2013 - Jan 2015
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 1 year 10 months
apiloggerlog4jjavascriptlogging
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