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by rjmunro 30 days ago

  Location: Oxford area, UK
  Remote: Yes (happy with hybrid — 2–3 office visits/month to London, Reading, Bristol, Birmingham, or similar)
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Python, PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Docker, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, broadcast automation (Sofie/Bitfocus Companion)
  Résumé/CV: <https://arjam.net/cv.pdf> (see also <https://github.com/rjmunro>)
  Email: rjmunro@arjam.net
About: Senior full-stack engineer, 25+ years. Recently shipped major Sofie TV studio automation features for the BBC and SVT (<https://github.com/Sofie-Automation/Sofie-TV-automation>); my contract is wrapping up and I'm looking for what's next.

My recent work is TypeScript/React/Node on systems that have to work live-to-air—timers, playout orchestration, real-time state—not just CRUD behind a login. Example: re-architected Sofie timers to move clock calculations server-side, cutting client timer ticks from 60/s to 1/s.

I also build the tooling around the code: shared ESLint/Prettier presets across the Sofie ecosystem, jamies-git-tools <https://github.com/rjmunro/jamies-git-tools>. I have given company-wide Git talks and have wired up CI on GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, and others.

30 years of volunteer live A/V (sound engineering, directing, vision-mixing, streaming, camera operating, video editing).

Interested in broadcast/live media, live events, full-stack TypeScript, and developer tooling.