Norman Thomas
Head Of Engineering at Open Publishing
Greater Munich Metropolitan Area Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolNorman Thomas is a pragmatic Head of Engineering with nine years of hands-on full‑stack experience and a decade-plus history building and operating customer-facing systems end-to-end. He blends backend strengths in Python, C++ and Elixir with React frontends, GraphQL/REST APIs, and production AWS serverless patterns, bringing features from concept through testing, deployment and customer acceptance. At Open Publishing he introduced GraphQL and NoSQL solutions where appropriate, and champions well‑architected, testable software—evident from his work improving test suites on open-source Python projects. He also applies ML and data tooling (TensorFlow, scikit‑learn, Pandas) to in‑house products and explores IoT and time-series tech in side projects, reflecting a curiosity for systems beyond the typical web stack. Fluent in tooling across languages and cultures, he pairs technical depth with a customer-focused delivery mindset.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Self-Driving Car Nanodegree, Autonomous Driving, Self-Driving Car Nanodegree, Autonomous Driving at UdacityMaster's degree / German Diplom, Computer Science, GPA 4.0 / German 1.3, Master's degree / German Diplom, Computer Science, GPA 4.0 / German 1.3 at Universität KasselChinese Language and Culture, Chinese Language and Culture at 同济大学
Japanese, German, English, French, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (7)
unit-testing10
python10
test-automation10
testing10
vuejs36
vue6
vue-component6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
yoavaviram/python-amazon-simple-product-api
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
A simple Python wrapper for the Amazon.com Product Advertising API ⛺
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:21 commits, 3 PRs, 6 comments in 25 days
Contributions summary:Norman primarily focused on improving the test suite for the `python-amazon-simple-product-api` repository. Their contributions involved fixing existing tests to accommodate changes in image URLs and editorial review text, as well as implementing new test cases for features such as attribute retrieval, page iteration, and availability properties. They also addressed code style issues highlighted by pylint and integrated a flaky test plugin to handle potential request failures, enhancing the reliability of the testing process.
apipythonpypipython-wrapperamazon
norman-thomas/homebridge-particle-io
Jan 2017 - Oct 2019
Homebridge plugin for Particle Devices
Contributions:158 commits, 52 PRs, 137 pushes in 2 years 9 months
particlehomekitparticle-photonnodejshomebridge-plugin
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