Tom Sansome
Lead Frontend Developer at Octopus Energy
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Sansome is a Lead Frontend Developer with 13 years in the industry and nearly a decade specializing in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, currently shaping UX and frontend architecture at Octopus Energy. He progressed rapidly through frontend roles into leadership, blending hands-on implementation with team-level technical direction since joining Octopus in 2021. His background spans agency work and freelance projects for clients like Barbour and Framestore, giving him a strong design-led sensibility from a Fine Arts degree alongside pragmatic engineering. Comfortable experimenting with emerging frontend technologies, he often prototypes solutions and champions practical, maintainable UI patterns. Based in Leicester, Tom brings a creative-technical mix that helps translate visual intent into accessible, production-ready interfaces.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Fine/Studio Arts, General, 2:1, Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Fine/Studio Arts, General, 2:1 at Loughborough University
English
Github Skills (52)
javascript10
react-native10
storybook-addon10
storybook10
ui-components10
testing10
typescript10
vite10
web-components10
webpack10
vue10
ember10
html10
isolation10
svelte10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tomsansome/data-img-jquery
Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
Contributions:33 commits in 1 month
minusimagedealthinkresponsive-image
tomsansome/pdf-theme-tumblr
Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:41 commits in 1 month
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