Tom Spencer
Software Engineer Lead at Codurance
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTom Spencer is a Software Engineer Lead based in London with 8+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining web applications, currently driving technical delivery at Capgemini after a craftsperson role at Codurance. He blends backend Ruby/Rails expertise with modern JavaScript front-end work (React, jQuery) and a strong testing mindset (Rspec, Jest), having shipped integrated APIs and in-house tooling for property and valuation platforms. A former Classics PhD and language teacher, Tom brings rare analytical rigor and communication skills to technical leadership and peer mentoring. He is known for pragmatic problem solving across the stack—debugging from UI CSS to database queries—and for championing craft and quality in teams transitioning toward technical business roles.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Classics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Classics at University of Bristol
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Github Skills (62)
twitter9
explore9
react8
nodejs8
twilio8
javascript7
fmi7
css7
typescript7
maven6
eclipse6
rest6
spring-boot6
thymeleaf6
spring-mvc6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
TomSpencerLondon/MarsRoverPatterns
Sep 2020 - Oct 2024
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
TomSpencerLondon/NextJS-Blog
Jun 2020 - Feb 2025
Contributions:130 pushes, 2 branches, 1 issue in 4 years 9 months
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