Jay Thomas
Sr. Data Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJay Thomas is a senior data engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience and nearly two decades in the broader data and analytics space, currently enabling advanced AI initiatives at Harvard Business School. He has moved through analytics, data science, and engineering roles at organizations from LinkedIn and Nextdoor to consulting leadership at Qbiz, combining deep analytics instincts with pragmatic cloud-first engineering—he holds AWS and GCP certifications and favors serverless architectures. Known for mentoring and building data teams, he translates research-grade analytics into reliable, production-ready data platforms that empower nontechnical stakeholders. A former web developer and creative advisor with an MFA in writing and a BA in philosophy, he brings a curious, interdisciplinary perspective and hobbies in music and game development that inform his product-minded approach.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
M.F.A. Writing, M.F.A. Writing at University of San FranciscoB.A. Philosophy, B.A. Philosophy at Northern Arizona University
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Github Skills (200)
mobx-state-tree10
testing10
autocomplete10
vim10
linter10
api10
reasonml10
nodejs10
command-line10
windows10
bash10
language-server-protocol10
highlighting10
bsd10
neovim-plugin10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
gfax/rbot-junkyard
Jan 2013 - Feb 2015
Contributions:156 commits, 1 push, 4 comments in 2 years 2 months
junkyardgamecard-gamerbot
gfax/recipebox
Nov 2013 - Nov 2017
Contributions:72 commits, 2 pushes in 4 years
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