Summary
Tom Atwell is an engineering manager with 13 years of experience building and scaling product teams and mission-critical systems across fintech, insurance, real estate, and higher education. He blends hands-on engineering (notably Ruby, Python, Kotlin, Scala, Typescript, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and AWS) with people-first leadership to deliver predictable launches, improve application quality, and automate tedious workflows. At companies from startups to enterprise—FormulaFolios, Clearcover, CoStar, and now doxo—he has rapidly stood up scrum teams, launched multi-app platforms, and guided releases that handle high-value transactions. Equally comfortable in code, design, and operations, he focuses on reducing stress and increasing productivity through clean software and pragmatic processes. Based in Costa Mesa, CA, he pairs an MFA background in creative writing with technical depth, bringing clear communication and product-minded thinking to engineering leadership.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Irvine