Thomas Pytleski
Lead Software Engineer API Management at JPMorganChase
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Pytleski is a Lead Software Engineer specializing in API management with a decade of experience building resilient backend systems using Go, Node.js, and TypeScript. He has driven core features and reliability work for widely used OpenAPI and JSON Schema tools—contributing to projects like go-swagger, gojsonschema, and Stoplight’s Prism—bringing deep expertise in HTTP, OpenAPI, GraphQL and schema resolution. At companies from startups (Stoplight, 31st Union, Kong) to large enterprises (JPMorganChase), he’s combined hands-on implementation, test automation, and product collaboration to ship API platforms, mock servers, and analysis pipelines. Equally comfortable in DevOps and design, he pairs Kubernetes/Docker and SQL skills with a pragmatic focus on testability and stability. Outside of code he’s an improv-performing, competitive skeeball player and aspiring BBQ competitor—traits that hint at quick thinking, competitive drive, and a taste for creative problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Port Huron Northern High SchoolBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Michigan State University
Github Skills (34)
javascript10
json-schema10
json-patch10
testing10
typescript10
swagger10
swagger-codegen10
api-documentation10
go10
api10
typescript-types10
mocking10
typescripts10
openapi10
react10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
stoplightio/prism
Jun 2016 - May 2021
Turn any OpenAPI2/3 and Postman Collection file into an API server with mocking, transformations and validations.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:114 releases, 26 reviews, 207 commits in 5 years
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily focused on adding and improving HTTP mock tests for the Prism project. Their work involved modifying interfaces, implementing new tests, and refactoring existing test code. They also contributed to the organization and cleanup of code, including moving HTTP operations into fixtures and consolidating interfaces, demonstrating a focus on testability and code quality within the project.
oasxapiapi-testingpostman-collectionmocking
stoplightio/elements
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
Build beautiful, interactive API Docs with embeddable React or Web Components, powered by OpenAPI and Markdown.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributed to the `stoplightio/elements` repository by fixing bugs, updating types, and resolving dependencies. They focused on improving the functionality of the API documentation platform by updating the resolver and fixing issues related to private references and bundled branch nodes. Their work involved modifying front-end components and GraphQL queries. The user's contributions also included refactoring and code improvements across multiple files.
gatsbyapireactredocweb-components
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