Emma Lewis
Software Engineer at Financial Times
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorEmma Lewis is a Senior Newsroom Developer with 11 years of front-end experience, currently building interactive data visualisations and graphics at the Financial Times. She specialises in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, with a particular affinity for D3.js, canvas work, social media APIs and experimental physical tech. Her background spans newsroom engineering, local government and agency freelance roles, giving her a knack for translating complex data and current-affairs narratives into clear, responsive visual stories. Emma pairs rigorous technical training (MEng Cambridge, MSc Edinburgh) with a creative impulse to combine technology with fiction, music, sport and maths—often prototyping unusual integrations like IoT-driven visual projects. Quick to learn new languages and libraries, she’s the go-to developer for ambitious, media-rich storytelling projects.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (49)
calculator9
sass9
frontend8
react8
wordpress-plugin8
starter-kit8
wordpress7
graphic6
browserify5
documented5
snap5
webmap5
expressjs5
javascript5
origami4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ft-interactive/business-book-award
Apr 2022 - Jan 2026
Microsite: FT Business book of the year.
Contributions:14 reviews, 16 PRs, 25 pushes in 3 years 9 months
microsite
CodeForAfrica/FlowMaps
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:1 release, 9 commits, 8 pushes in 17 days
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