Tony Hunt
Senior Software Engineer at Findmypast
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTony Hunt is a senior software engineer based in London with over three decades of hands-on experience and 11 years in modern professional roles, blending legacy system expertise with current web and functional programming. He has led and mentored teams integrating mission-critical healthcare systems (HL7) and shipping C# microservices while also developing Elm front-ends used across dozens of countries. A recent convert to functional programming, Tony actively explores Elm, Haskell, Rust, Erlang and Scala, applying FP ideas to real-world production systems. He is comfortable across the stack—APIs, SQL Server, DevOps pipelines, and CI/CD—and has a track record of improving team practices and onboarding new engineers. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that balance reliability (24/7 healthcare availability) with modern language experimentation. Beyond code, he stays connected to the community through podcasts and meetups, turning continuous learning into practical improvements at work.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Archbishop Lanfranc SchoolGCSE, English, Combined Science, Information Technology, GCSE, English, Combined Science, Information Technology at Croydon College Heath Clark
English
Stackoverflow
180reputation
5kreached
3answers
1question
Github Skills (30)
null-safety9
color-picker9
desktop9
windows9
lisp9
powertoys8
loader8
webpack-loader7
powershell6
cmd6
garbage-collection6
keyboard-events6
weak-references6
webpack5
elm4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
TechnoTone/AdventOfCode2022
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:45 commits, 28 pushes, 3 branches in 28 days
TechnoTone/AdventOfCode2021
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:47 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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