Thomas Bigelow
Software Engineer at Stealth Startup
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Bigelow is a software engineer based in Chicago with five years of experience transitioning from event technology and film production into web development. He brings a hands-on background building and operating AV systems for large events, coupled with formal training in software engineering from Flatiron School. At a stealth startup he applies full-stack skills, and as an open-source contributor he improved the operator UI for Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network—adding chain management, node association, and configuration overrides. Thomas combines practical systems thinking from live production with user-focused front-end work, making him adept at shipping reliable interfaces for complex distributed systems. Known for creative technical solutions (like Raspberry Pi-driven interactive installations), he thrives where hardware-meets-software challenges arise.
5 years of coding experience
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Flatiron SchoolFilm and Media Arts, Film and Media Arts at University of Tampa
Github Skills (8)
javascript10
material-ui10
front-end-development10
react10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
blockchain8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
smartcontractkit/chainlink
Aug 2021 - Oct 2021
node of the decentralized oracle network, bridging on and off-chain computation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 19 PRs, 50 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributed to the operator UI of the Chainlink project, focusing on adding and improving chain-related functionalities. They implemented the display of chain lists, created a page for adding new chains with configuration options, and built the show page for chains, enabling users to view and manage chain-specific settings. The user also introduced features like adding nodes to chains and a configuration override, thus expanding the user interface's functionality.
golangcomputationethereumblockchaindecentralized
TJBigelow/eventopedia
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:63 pushes, 6 branches in 3 days
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