Tom Longson
Senior Software Engineer at Shawbrook Bank
Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Longson is a seasoned engineering leader with 15 years of experience building and scaling frontend teams and products across fintech, streaming, and consumer platforms. Currently Head of Engineering at Volpe & Castello, he blends hands-on frontend craft with strategic leadership honed at companies like Shawbrook Bank, mParticle, and Hulu. His background spans startup founding (CEO of a 500 Startups-backed venture) to leading high-stakes front-end work on major platforms and devices, including accessibility-driven text-to-speech deployments. Based in Scotland and trained in computer science, Tom is known for turning complex UX requirements into reliable, compliant production systems while keeping a founder’s curiosity about product-market fit.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Visual Arts, Visual Arts at Los Angeles County High School of the ArtsComputer Science, Computer Science at California State University, Los Angeles500 Startups
Stackoverflow
430reputation
471kreached
11answers
5questions
Github Skills (175)
toolbelt10
animation10
locker10
animate10
scene10
easing10
swirl10
rendering9
javascript9
browser9
react-testing-library9
minification9
django-admin9
testing9
react-redux9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
nym/tomlongson
Mar 2016 - May 2022
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
nym/redux-revenue-dashboard
May 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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