Ariel Thompson
Senior Software Engineer at Copia Automation
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolAriel Thompson is a Senior Software Engineer based in Denver with 11 years of experience building web and desktop applications across full-stack JavaScript and systems-level C++. Currently at Copia Automation and previously at Coupa, Ariel focuses on React, React Native, TypeScript, Node.js, and Postgres to deliver user-facing features and integrations. Their background includes UI engineering with Angular/Electron and storage R&D at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, giving them a strong foundation in both frontend UX and backend performance considerations. Ariel's dual academic background in Computer Science and Technical Communication reflects a habit of writing clear, maintainable code and documentation that bridges engineering and product teams. Known for moving between startup-like teams and large enterprise environments, they excel at shipping pragmatic solutions that scale. Colleagues rely on Ariel for thoughtful trade-offs that balance developer ergonomics with production reliability.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Technical Communication Humanities (Double-major), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Technical Communication Humanities (Double-major) at Clarkson UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
English, German
Github Skills (61)
javascript10
css10
certification10
codebase10
textmate10
math10
nodejs10
tooltips10
react10
renderer8
paradox8
powershell8
programming-tools8
completions8
prompt-toolkit8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ArielLeslie/odds-ends
Oct 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:73 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 7 years 6 months
ArielLeslie/qmk_firmware
Feb 2019 - Oct 2021
keyboard controller firmware for Atmel AVR and ARM USB families
Contributions:7 pushes in 2 years 8 months
controllerfirmwareavratmelusb
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