Summary
Tom Christian is a Director and frontend specialist with 13 years’ experience delivering high-impact React, Next.js and TypeScript applications for major organisations including GOV.UK, Diageo and Sainsbury’s. He architects and ships accessible, high-performance digital products—ranging from a public health data dashboard that passed full GDS Alpha/Beta assessments to a global age-verification platform consumed by 100+ brand sites. Passionate about testing, performance and design consistency, he routinely builds component libraries and design systems and champions robust CI/CD, Playwright/Vitest testing and Lighthouse-grade performance. Comfortable in both consultancy and product environments, he has modernised legacy stacks, migrated pipelines to GitHub Actions, and implemented RBAC-backed portals for sensitive data. Based in London, he combines hands-on engineering with strategic delivery to turn complex requirements into measurable business outcomes. A meticulous builder of cohesive UX, he often surfaces cross-team efficiencies by codifying patterns and mock API layers for reliable testing.
13 years of coding experience
Computer Science BSc(Hons), Web Design, Computer Science BSc(Hons), Web Design at University of the West of England
Brockenhurst College
English, French