Thomas H.
- Total impact
- $19838
- Status
- Ready to Volunteer
Professional Experience
Senior Software Engineer, Airbnb
January, 2020 - Current
- Full-stack engineer on experiences host management team
Software Engineer, BitGo
September, 2017 - November, 2019
- Interviewed 40+ candidates, led team of 7 engineers, managed backlog and coordinated with PMs.
- Mentored new engineers on development process, testing pratices and writing secure code.
- Designed and implemented accounting system to store customer balances via cryptographic proof
- Reduced API latency by adding indices, parallelizing queries and reducing npm dependencies.
- Migrated stack to Kubernetes with optimized Docker images, Helm, and AWS ECR.
- Created 25+ new API endpoints, reviewed addition of 50+ endpoints, including both HTTP and gRPC.
Software Engineer, Google
June, 2016 - August, 2017
- Increased click-to-call impressions by 0.5% by reducing restrictions on co-triggering.
- Modified ads serving system, frontend and telephony infrastructure for experimental formats.
- Upgraded end-to-end tests, cleaned up experimental flags and optimized code for better maintainability.
Software Engineering Intern, Google
May, 2015 - August, 2015
? Designed graph algorithms to propagate knowledge from known fraudsters to related users.
? Added new signals for training in a realtime fraud detection system.
Bachelor of Science, Brigham Young University
January, 2010 - January, 2015
Computer Science
Software Engineering Intern, Google
May, 2014 - August, 2014
? Automated collection of meta-data about NoSQL databases in use by various different services.
? Created front-ends in Angular which visualized the data efficiently.
? Worked with a testing platform and other systems to find dead code.
Software Developer, Lingotek
June, 2013 - November, 2013
? Integrated proprietary translation management platform with Drupal's open-source ecosystem.
? Within two months became the expert in compatability issues between the Lingotek and other modules.
? While attending DrupalCon Prague 2013 added highly requested business-critical feature overnight.
Volunteer Service as Full-time Missionary, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
June, 2011 - June, 2013
? Wrote custom software which greatly increased efficiency and communication of volunteers.
? Effectively managed communication between 200+ volunteers and the president of the organization.
? Obtained professional fluency in Spanish while teaching and interacting with members of the community.
Software Developer, Family Search Department - LDS Church
November, 2010 - June, 2011
? Created internal portal with centralized login, calendar, task management and custom integration with their employee management system.
? Demonstrated ability to work efficiently with little supervision while still accomplishing milestones.
Technical Lead, Utah High School Film Festival
November, 2009 - June, 2011
? Wrote software to receive and transcode HD videos produced by students from around the state.
? Created backend which received data at rates exceeding 100 Mb/s, prepared videos for online viewing, and packaged the videos into an ISO for easy burning to DVD.
Web Developer, Brigham Young University
September, 2010 - April, 2011
? Maintained site including employment system used by 20+ professors and hundreds of students.
? Migrated data and modules from Drupal 5 to Drupal 7, using latest best practices.