Thomas Howard
Staff Engineer at Zumper
Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Howard is a Staff Engineer with a decade of software experience and a strong foundation in algorithms and data structures, currently driving backend efficiency and developer tooling at Zumper. He has over six years of Python-focused engineering delivering web servers, data visualization dashboards, and deep learning models, and is comfortable across systems languages including C++, Rust, and Go. Thomas blends hands-on implementation—Docker, Django, HashiCorp stack—with process improvements like pre-commit hooks and formatters to raise team-wide productivity. His background spans applied research (compilation optimization and accessibility-focused apps), teaching DSA, and building cross-disciplinary products for vulnerable populations, revealing a mix of technical rigor and user-centered empathy. Fluent in Spanish and experienced with full-stack and ML toolchains, he brings both executional depth and strong communication skills to complex engineering challenges.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Nanodegree Data Analytics, Nanodegree Data Analytics at UdacityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Rhode IslandFull Stack Development Certificate Computer Science, Full Stack Development Certificate Computer Science at freeCodeCampAccounting and Spanish, Accounting and Spanish at Roger Williams UniversityComputer Information Systems, Computer Information Systems at Bryant UniversitySmithfield Senior High SchoolBachelor's degree Spanish, Bachelor's degree Spanish at Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Spanish, English
Github Skills (200)
hubspot10
csc10
shopify10
prometheus10
nodejs10
package-manager10
python10
prototyping10
medusa10
commerce10
graphviz10
dependency-management10
phonegap10
semgrep10
javascript10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
thoward27/semantic-release
May 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 8 months
thoward27/website
Mar 2019 - Jan 2025
Contributions:20 PRs, 80 pushes, 18 branches in 5 years 10 months
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