Thomas Rideout
Full Stack Engineer at BetterHelp.com
Greater Colorado Springs Area United States
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SeniorThomas Rideout is a Full Stack Engineer with over 20 years of web development experience and more than a decade of professional engineering roles across startups and established product teams. He has built CMS platforms, real-time ticketing systems, PCI-compliant payments, and led work spanning DevOps, Windows domain administration, enterprise security, and software architecture. Currently at BetterHelp, he brings senior engineering experience from Lendflow and LaTouraine and a track record of shipping reliable, secure systems in regulated environments. Beyond code, he’s an active community organizer, presenter, and open source contributor who values mentorship and continuous learning. Colocating in the Greater Colorado Springs area, he thrives in teams that prioritize energy, growth, and practical engineering trade-offs. Notably, his background blends hands-on implementation with stakeholder communication and operational ownership—making him effective at turning complex requirements into auditable production systems.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (99)
laravel10
ironmq10
php10
laravel-queue9
slug9
dropzone9
plupload9
vms9
mouse9
filesystem9
resumablejs9
laravel-framework9
jquery-file-upload9
sentinel9
cartalyst9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
LaravelCollective/iron-queue
Aug 2016 - Nov 2017
IronMQ Driver For Laravel Queue
Contributions:6 releases, 12 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 2 months
laravel-queuephpbeanstalkqueueinglaravel
trideout/PasswordStrengthPackage
Sep 2019 - Sep 2020
This package provides a validator for ensuring strong passwords in Laravel applications
Contributions:2 releases, 5 pushes, 2 tags in 1 year
passwordsphpvalidatorlaravel-applicationslaravel-package
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