Doug Wright
Senior Software Engineer at Perk
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarDoug Wright is a Senior Software Engineer based in London with 13 years of experience building and leading backend systems across fintech and edtech. He has progressed from web developer roles into engineering leadership and senior hands-on positions at companies like WorldFirst, Fluro, and Perk, bringing practical expertise in designing reliable production services. An active open-source contributor, Doug has implemented core algorithms and data structures for projects such as the BoxPacker 3D bin-packing solver and improved PHP code-coverage tooling, showing attention to both algorithmic detail and testability. Colleagues value his blend of systems-level thinking and pragmatic delivery—he often surfaces subtle improvements such as orientation heuristics in packing or branch coverage fixes that materially improve outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (13)
algorithm10
data-structures10
code-coverage10
algorithms10
php10
object-oriented-programming10
xdebug10
data-structure10
test-automation10
test-framework8
html8
testing8
css7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dvdoug/BoxPacker
Aug 2012 - Dec 2022
4D bin packing / knapsack problem solver
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:76 releases, 1010 commits, 156 PRs in 10 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Doug primarily contributed to the development of the box packing solution, focusing on the core logic and data structures. Their work included creating and modifying interfaces for `Box` and `Item` objects, as well as implementing core algorithms for efficient packing, such as sorting items by volume and incorporating a lookahead mechanism for improved results. Furthermore, the user designed and implemented a class for identifying and handling the best item orientation during packing.
bin-packingknapsack-problemphpboxpackerbinpacking
sebastianbergmann/php-code-coverage
Apr 2020 - Oct 2021
Library that provides collection, processing, and rendering functionality for PHP code coverage information.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:20 reviews, 64 commits, 36 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Doug primarily focused on improving the PHP code coverage library, `sebastianbergmann/php-code-coverage`. Their contributions included the addition of driver code for proper self-testing and improving consistency in handling namespaces. The user also worked on correcting missing highlighting of dead code in HTML reports and implemented functionality for branch/path coverage. Furthermore, they improved the test suite by adding new tests for text reports and fixing code coverage reporting.
code-coveragephprendering
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