Luke Thomas
Engineering Manager at Kickstarter
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolLuke Thomas is an engineering manager with 11 years of experience building mission-critical systems and rapid prototypes that have handled millions of dollars of daily transactions. Currently leading engineering at Kickstarter in Glasgow, he has progressed through senior engineering and integration leadership roles, combining hands-on delivery with cross-functional coordination. He’s skilled at removing delivery bottlenecks, designing pragmatic solutions in ambiguity, and translating technical constraints for nontechnical stakeholders. His background as an elected union negotiator brings a rare, people-centered approach to alignment between team needs and business objectives. Prior experience spans product-focused engineering at Atlas Obscura and fast-paced integration work, reflecting a balance of product sensibility and operational rigor.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree English Language and Literature General, Bachelor's degree English Language and Literature General at New York UniversityWeb Development Object Oriented Design MVC Architecture, Web Development Object Oriented Design MVC Architecture at Dev Bootcamp
Github Skills (23)
reactiveswift10
android-development10
reactivecocoa10
functional-reactive-programming10
rxjava10
kickstarter10
functional-programming10
kotlin-android10
swiftui10
ios9
kotlin9
frp9
android9
swift9
leader6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rock-doves-2014/onPoint
Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:64 PRs, 50 pushes, 38 branches in 16 days
javascriptsharingchromeseamlessgoogle-chrome
lukert33/lukert33.github.io
Feb 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:10 PRs, 14 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 8 months
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