Thomas Snell
Senior Software Engineer at SoFi
Wolf Creek, Montana, United States
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Top SchoolThomas Snell is a senior software engineer with 8 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems and currently leads the SAFE squad at SoFi, their centralized fraud prevention platform. He has deep expertise in KYC and onboarding decisioning, having refactored monolithic codebases into modular, recipe-based microservices that improved reliability and scaled applicant flows tenfold. A PhD-trained scientist with a background in physics and geophysics, he brings rigorous experimental thinking to engineering problems and has co-founded a data science startup delivering RL-driven portfolio solutions. Thomas pairs hands-on coding with product-minded leadership—managing cross-functional launches, mentoring teams, and contributing to banking charter processes through robust audit-ready decision records. Based in Wolf Creek, Montana, he thrives at the intersection of research-grade analytics and production systems.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), School of Earth Sciences: Geophysics:, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), School of Earth Sciences: Geophysics: at Durham UniversityBachelor of Physics, Physics, Upper Second Class Honours, Bachelor of Physics, Physics, Upper Second Class Honours at Oxford University
Github Skills (26)
simulate10
evolutionary10
trading9
sklearn9
quantum-computing8
python8
cryptocurrency8
parallel7
machine-learning7
parallel-computing7
tensorflow7
keras7
cpp7
deep-reinforcement-learning6
reinforcement-learning6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
llens/QuantumComputingEvolutionaryAlgorithmDesign
Aug 2017 - Sep 2022
A C++ program to both simulate a quantum computer and use parallel evolutionary techniques to design algorithms for it.
Contributions:27 commits, 21 PRs, 89 pushes in 5 years 1 month
techniquescppquantum-computingparallelc-program
llens/CryptoCurrencyTrader
Jul 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:3 PRs, 136 pushes, 2 branches in 10 months
pythonreinforcement-learningmachine-learningtradingdeep-reinforcement-learning
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