Summary
Thomas Brewer is a Director of Engineering with 16 years of full-stack web development experience who blends technical leadership with a creative, educator’s mindset. He transitioned from a career in music education to software after building a student registration site, rapidly teaching himself PHP, Apache, and MySQL and later mastering a broad stack including Ruby, Elixir/Phoenix, React, Vue, and many frameworks. Thomas has led engineering teams and startups, co-founded a digital agency, and delivered production systems for clients like Merck, Geico, API, and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Known for pragmatic problem-solving and systems integration, he pairs hands-on coding fluency with strategic delivery at Hatch. Outside of work he’s an avid traveler and family-oriented, which informs his collaborative, user-focused approach to product engineering.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BME Music Education, BME Music Education at Stetson University