Tom Arrell
Principal Software Engineer at Synthflow AI
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Arrell is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building robust, large-scale distributed systems and a track record of leadership across fintech and SaaS companies, currently leading backend architecture at Synthflow AI. He favors modular, well-tested code and has advanced through roles at SumUp, Klarna and Movio where he focused on reliable, maintainable services. A Rust and Go enthusiast, Tom is active in open source and shares projects and technical writing on his GitHub and blog, often exploring systems-level tooling and hobby hardware like custom keyboards. Based in Berlin, he combines hands-on engineering with mentoring and product-minded delivery, consistently turning complex requirements into reusable components.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Saint Kentigern CollegeBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of Auckland
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
goto10
autocomplete10
broker10
language-server-protocol10
linter10
runner10
iconic10
golang10
queue10
database10
fonts10
golangci-lint10
go10
font-awesome10
checker10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
tomarrell/infra
May 2020 - Feb 2025
Personal infrastructure manifests
Contributions:46 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
infrastructureinfrakubernetespersonal-infrastructureterraform
tomarrell/gif_emoji
Jul 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 14 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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