Tom Ross
Member Of Technical Staff at Runway
York, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Ross is a Member of Technical Staff with 11 years’ experience building polished front-end experiences and developer tooling, currently at Runway after a multi-year tenure at Sourcegraph where he worked on Code Search and Cody/Amp features. He specializes in React and TypeScript, with open-source contributions that include UI improvements and rewrites (notably migrating a project to React+TS and enhancing Sourcegraph’s code intelligence UI). His background spans streaming and media platforms at DAZN and Sky, giving him experience in production-scale web applications and UX-driven product work. Known for careful UI polish—classname/CSS fixes and thoughtful component changes—he blends attention to design detail with practical engineering for developer-facing products.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering Computer Science, Software Engineering Computer Science at Liverpool John Moores University
Github Skills (11)
css10
uid10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
typescript-types10
code-intelligence9
code-search8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
umpox/zero-width-detection
Apr 2018 - Oct 2021
Invisibly inserting usernames into text with Zero-Width Characters
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 21 commits, 6 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Tom primarily focused on front-end development, as evidenced by multiple styling and UI fixes. They made changes to the application's appearance, including adjusting component sizes and layouts. The user also added functionality, such as a link to an article explaining the project, and performed a complete rewrite of the application using TypeScript and React.
pythonzerowidthzero-widthusernames
sourcegraph/sourcegraph-public-snapshot
Jan 2021 - Nov 2022
Code AI platform with Code Search & Cody
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1122 reviews, 805 commits, 697 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Tom focused on front-end development within the Sourcegraph repository, making several contributions to UI components. Their work involved removing default exports, updating CSS classnames, and enhancing the user interface for the repository by introducing new features like a code intelligence menu. The user also contributed to the design of the repository by fixing styles for the display of elements in the code view. The code changes span across multiple web applications.
sourcegraphcode-generationrepo-type-maindeveloper-toolslsif-enabled
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