Andrew Thomas
Senior Engineer II at American Express
Peoria, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Thomas is a Senior Engineer II based in Peoria, Arizona with four years of professional software experience and a background in customer-facing retail roles that shaped his pragmatic approach to problem solving. At American Express he advanced through several engineering levels, shipping reliable solutions while remaining self-driven and eager to learn. He contributes to open-source projects such as Minecraft-Overviewer, where he fixed complex rendering issues after major game changes—demonstrating attention to detail in backend coordinate and tileset logic. Holding a BS and pursuing an MS in Information Systems, Andrew blends formal training with hands-on debugging, documentation updates, and cross-file fixes. Outside work he enjoys reading, biking, and gaming, interests that help him stay curious and focused on system behavior under varying conditions.
4 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Highlands Ranch High SchoolHigh School Diploma, 3.67, High School Diploma, 3.67 at Youngker High SchoolMaster's degree, Information Systems, Master's degree, Information Systems at University of Phoenix
English, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
minecraft10
coordinate-systems10
python10
map-generation10
c119
c179
documentation8
javascript7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
overviewer/Minecraft-Overviewer
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Render high-resolution maps of a Minecraft world with a Leaflet powered interface
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 1 PR in 29 days
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily focused on fixing rendering issues related to the new height and depth limits introduced in Minecraft 1.18, modifying code across multiple files. They adjusted coordinate calculations, fixed depth rendering, and updated documentation to reflect the changes. Additionally, they added a check for the tileset version to trigger a forced render in case of breaking changes.
leafletrenderminecraftskycrossword
greatmastermario/commons-lang
Aug 2021 - Nov 2023
Mirror of Apache Commons Lang
Contributions:13 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 4 months
commonslangapacheapache-commonsapache-commons-lang
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