Tom Carlson is a senior software engineer with 11+ years at One Door and a deep 30+ year history designing compilers and high-performance tooling for companies like Synopsys, Digital, and Avanti. He brings strong object-oriented design, performance tuning and memory-optimization expertise—evidenced by multi-fold runtime and memory wins on Formality compilers and production compilers for DEC and Compass. Comfortable in startups and large organizations, he now focuses on Ruby on Rails SaaS web development while leveraging compiler-grade rigor to solve complex problems. Based in Cambridge, MA, he combines hands-on coding with systems-level architecture and a knack for squeezing measurable performance improvements from legacy and modern codebases alike.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Keene State College
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of Rhode Island
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Tom Carlson - Senior Software Engineer at One Door