Tom Boone is an API Engineer with two decades of web application experience and over a decade of professional Python development, specializing in scalable backend systems, ETL pipelines, and cloud-native infrastructure. He has a strong track record designing microservices and RESTful APIs across domains from blockchain/Web3 to legal tech and library systems, and has led migrations from monoliths to distributed architectures. Tom combines hands-on engineering—building serverless ETL for Solana, FastAPI microservices, and ML-driven recommendation engines—with DevOps practices like Terraform and GitHub Actions to deliver production-ready systems. He’s comfortable translating complex business rules into normalized data models and performant databases, having designed pipelines ingesting 80,000+ TV show records and FEC disclosure data for political analytics. With a background that spans law librarianship and a JD/MLS education, he brings a rare mix of domain empathy, product-focused thinking, and technical depth to cross-functional teams.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Library Science - MLS, Master of Library Science - MLS at Indiana University Bloomington
Bachelor of Arts - BA Communications, Bachelor of Arts - BA Communications at Bellarmine University
Doctor of Law - JD, Doctor of Law - JD at Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville
Contributions:13 PRs, 17 pushes, 8 branches in 4 years 6 months
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