Thomas Schreiber
Python Web Developer at nillab
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolThomas Schreiber is a seasoned Python web developer with 12+ years building and deploying Django-powered applications and web operations across startups, healthcare, and consulting clients. Based in Philadelphia, he combines practical engineering with a researcher’s mindset to simplify complex problems into maintainable solutions, having contributed bug fixes and compatibility improvements to open-source projects like django-select2. His background spans independent subcontracting, senior engineering at a mental-health startup, and RIA work for a major children’s hospital, reflecting comfort with both product teams and mission-driven organizations. Beyond code he pursues electronic music, digital art, and photography, bringing a creative eye to UX and frontend integrations that often reveal non-obvious usability improvements.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Digital Media, Bachelor of Arts Digital Media at Temple UniversityAssociates Computer Science, Associates Computer Science at Northampton Community College
English, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (10)
python10
django10
select210
javascript9
html7
django-models6
css6
database6
naming-conventions6
notation6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
applegrew/django-select2
Sep 2014 - Oct 2015
This is a Django integration for Select2
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 11 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributed to the Django integration for Select2. Their work involved enhancing the JavaScript code by adding the django_select2 object to the global space to fix a compatibility issue with JavaScript output wrappers. They also converted the codebase to the Unix file type and addressed issues related to dynamic inline formsets and how select2 fields were initialized. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the widget's functionality and compatibility.
djangoselect2
jfcland/pmci
Dec 2020 - Sep 2024
Contributions:57 pushes, 2 comments, 2 issues in 3 years 10 months
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