Thomas West
Software Engineer, Product Security at Bright Machines
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas West is a product security-focused software engineer with 11 years in tech and over eight years concentrated on securing cloud and product platforms. He has advanced through roles at PG&E, Collective Health, and currently Bright Machines, pairing hands-on cloud security engineering with product-focused threat modeling and remediation. Known for translating complex security requirements into practical engineering solutions, he bridges incident response, secure architecture, and developer workflows to reduce risk without slowing delivery. Based in San Diego, he brings a disciplined, service-minded approach—shaped in part by early frontline experience as an EMT—that informs his calm, pragmatic handling of high-pressure security incidents.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Cum Laude, Cum Laude at Suffolk University
Github Skills (93)
scanner9
vault9
terraform9
security9
wtforms9
injection9
aws9
command-injection9
graph9
pentesting9
secrets8
fingerprint8
terraform-module8
python8
penetration-testing8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
td4b/TD4B.github.io
Aug 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:317 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
td4b/GoCrypt
Sep 2018 - Dec 2020
Encrypt & Share Data Securely with Go/IPFS
Contributions:169 commits, 25 PRs, 135 pushes in 2 years 2 months
golangipfsp2pshare-datasecurely
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