Anthony Tarola
Staff Software Engineer at A Place for Mom
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Summary
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SeniorAnthony Tarola is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of professional experience building web applications and RESTful APIs, currently driving engineering efforts at A Place for Mom from San Antonio, Texas. He has a strong track record of leading and scaling development teams across diverse companies including Panorama Education, Wayfair, Mailgun, and Rackspace, and began his technical career as a computer programmer in the U.S. Air Force. Anthony blends back-end distributed systems experience with a keen interest in UX development, enabling him to bridge product-facing interfaces and robust server-side architecture. He is passionate about mentoring junior engineers and has repeatedly taken responsibility for team growth and delivery excellence. Known for turning complex requirements into practical, maintainable solutions, he favors pragmatic engineering and thoughtful developer coaching. Outside of titles, his career shows a steady progression from hands-on implementation to technical leadership across both enterprise and high-growth environments.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (26)
mailgun9
wadl8
bash8
migration-tool7
rackspace7
e-mail6
migration5
minecraft5
pygame4
ruby4
blockchain3
cryptography3
security3
nexus3
react-component2
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
atarola/pyjojo
Aug 2013 - May 2015
Expose a directory of bash scripts as an API.
Contributions:45 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 9 months
bash
atarola/compy6502
Nov 2019 - Jul 2026
Contributions:54 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 8 months
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