Summary
Thomas Parker is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building mission-focused software for aerospace and defense companies. He’s delivered contract and full-time engineering work across Relativity Space, Sierra Space, Blue Origin, L3Harris, and Northrop Grumman, bringing practical systems development experience to complex, safety-critical domains. A UCSB computer science graduate based in Long Beach, he’s comfortable moving between rapid-contract roles and longer engagements while maintaining continuity of delivery. Thomas combines hands-on coding with systems thinking, often contributing directly in engineering-heavy programs via Belcan contracts. His public GitHub presence is minimalistic but active enough to reflect a developer who prefers shipping production systems over public showmanship. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem solver who thrives on the intersection of software and aerospace hardware constraints.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara
German, English, Spanish