Thomas Herbert
Principal Software Engineer at FactSet
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Herbert is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in backend systems, microservices, and big data technologies including Python, Rust, C++, SQL, Druid, Redis, and AWS. Based in New York, he has progressed through technical and leadership roles at FactSet, where he now drives architecture and delivery for high-scale logging, build systems, and service backends. He combines hands-on engineering—modernizing database schemas from SQL Server and MariaDB to Postgres—with team leadership, having managed teams of 7+ and served as an individual architect on company-wide initiatives. Known for pragmatic system design, he pairs deep performance tuning experience (e.g., SQL procedure optimization) with automated API testing and robust build systems. His background ranges from early enterprise e-commerce work to running operational kitchens, reflecting a practical, process-oriented approach and resilience under pressure.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Purdue UniversityComputer Science Computer Science, Computer Science Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology: Barcelona
Github Skills (58)
sdn9
spin9
tooling9
kubernetes9
networking9
openshift8
cni8
sdn-controller8
mesh8
continuous-deployment8
sdn-network7
mikrotik7
background-image7
kubernetes-networking7
development-environment7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
FDio/rpm_dpdk
Oct 2016 - Jul 2018
Contributions:12 commits in 1 year 8 months
tfherbert/buildovsnsh
Apr 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:20 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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