Tom Viner
Principal Software Engineer at Sohonet
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTom Viner is a Principal Software Engineer based in London with 15 years of experience building and leading reliable Python-driven systems. At Sohonet he progresses from senior developer to principal, shaping architecture and delivery for media-focused engineering teams. A regular conference speaker and organiser of the London Python Dojo, he combines hands-on coding with community leadership and mentoring. Tom is an active quality advocate in open source—contributing tests and fixes to the widely used pytest project to improve assertion rewriting and JUnit XML reporting. His background in Mathematics with Computing underpins a pragmatic, test-first approach to complex problems. Outside work he once backpacked across multiple continents, a detail that reflects a curiosity for diverse perspectives he brings to technical collaboration.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Mathematics with Computing, BSc, Mathematics with Computing at University of Warwick
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (24)
unit-testing10
pytest10
python10
testing10
forms10
serialization10
unit-test10
test-automation10
javascript9
datetime9
jquery9
django9
junit9
database9
timestamp9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
pytest-dev/pytest
Jun 2015 - Sep 2019
The pytest framework makes it easy to write small tests, yet scales to support complex functional testing
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:16 PRs, 2 branches, 71 comments in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Tom primarily contributed to enhancing the testing framework of the pytest repository. Their work focused on adding new test cases to improve the coverage and robustness of the pytest testing functionalities, specifically related to assertion rewriting and the handling of various scenarios within the framework. The user also fixed issues related to JUnit XML report generation and implemented tests to validate different pytest features like skipping, xfail, and parametrization. These contributions reflect a focus on maintaining and improving the quality and reliability of the pytest framework.
scalespythonfunctional-testingtestingpytest-framework
tomviner/cryptopals
Jan 2015 - Jan 2021
Contributions:30 pushes, 6 branches in 6 years 1 month
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