Ian Thomas
Software Engineer at QCon Software Development Conferences
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolIan Thomas is a software engineer with 14 years' experience building customer-focused web and VR products, currently driving engineering and privacy efforts for Horizon Worlds at Meta. He blends hands-on delivery—leading the public launch of the Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor and improving test health—with strategic architecture roles across gaming and betting platforms, including senior positions at PokerStars and Sky Betting & Gaming. Known for translating between non-technical stakeholders and engineering teams, he champions engineering excellence, observability, and pragmatic product design. A frequent conference contributor and current QCon Conference Chair, he pairs deep frontend expertise (early React adopter and client-side instrumentation) with a user-centered, agile approach that consistently delivers measurable business value.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Trent CollegeBSc (Hons), Computer Science, BSc (Hons), Computer Science at Durham University
French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (52)
frontend10
stubs9
sinon9
javascript9
adt9
tdd9
lift9
react9
predicate-functions8
user-interface8
typescript8
unit-testing8
stub8
composition7
testing7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
anatomic/safer-javascript-workshop
Sep 2018 - Oct 2020
A workshop to introduce developers to the concepts behind functional programming, ADTs and runtime safety
Contributions:17 PRs, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
functional-programmingworkshopintroduceruntimesafety
anatomic/basik
Sep 2019 - Jan 2026
Contributions:28 PRs, 73 pushes, 10 branches in 6 years 4 months
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