Daniel Toms
Principal Software Engineer at AppFolio, Inc.
Chico, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Toms is a Principal Software Engineer with 12+ years leading developer productivity, QA automation, and build systems for large enterprises like AppFolio, Salesforce/Vlocity, Marin Software, and Oracle. He specializes in pragmatic automation—building self-documenting Ruby Capybara/Selenium frameworks, custom build tooling and Maven plugins, and unit testing platforms that scale across thousands of tests—while prioritizing low-hanging wins and measurable efficiencies. A hands-on architect and mentor, he repeatedly moves tooling into production, starts teams, and secures stakeholder buy-in through clear documentation and white papers. Based in Chico, CA, he pairs deep engineering craft with a belief in test-first practices and has a curious background in biology and poetry that informs his pragmatic, human-centered approach to developer tooling.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Biology, Poetry, Biology, Poetry at UC Santa BarbaraComputer Science, Computer Science at California State University, Chico
Github Skills (7)
page-object9
selenium5
selenium-webdriver4
webdriver2
scoverage2
maven-plugin2
rails1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dtoms/junit-examples
Aug 2013 - Aug 2013
Contributions:84 commits, 1 push in 12 days
vlocityinc/qe-takehome-tests
May 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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