Thomas Helms
Principal Software Engineer at Absolute Software
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Helms is a Principal Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building cloud-native systems, currently leading architecture and feature delivery at Absolute Software in Seattle. He specializes in Kubernetes, distributed databases, real-time telemetry and machine learning integrations to deliver resilient, secure data management solutions. Thomas progressed from QA and SDET roles into senior engineering, bringing a pragmatic testing-first mindset to system design and automation. He is known for turning complex telemetry and security requirements into high-performance modules that improve user experience and enable risk remediation. A University of Washington Bothell computer science graduate, he blends deep operational know-how with a persistent focus on deployable, production-grade engineering.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's Degree Computer Science, Associate's Degree Computer Science at Green River CollegeBachelor’s Degree Computer Science & Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science & Software Engineering at University of Washington Bothell
English
Github Skills (65)
rover10
robotics10
autonomous-vehicles10
vagrant10
perception10
decoder10
racing10
dbus10
automotive10
autopilot9
cdr9
virtualization9
kaitai-struct9
ruby9
pedal9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Jamezz/NMWSalt_WinRepo
Jan 2015 - Jul 2019
Contributions:31 pushes in 4 years 6 months
jamezz-comma/openpilot
Jul 2018 - May 2019
open source driving agent
Contributions:34 PRs, 118 pushes, 12 branches in 10 months
drivingmachine-learningagent
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