dooglus is one of the most competent individuals to touch the code base, yes. 
This is ignoring an important point, however. 
 
Anyone can work on the code base. 
We are all volunteers. 
 
Have an idea for branding? 
Have a fix for a specific bug? 
Awesome new feature? 
Submit it to the repository. 
 
Just bear in mind, if it requires consensus we will expect to see a convincing portion of the staking community signalling for it via CLAMour.