Tom Leverstone
Senior Software Engineer at Vanta
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Leverstone is a Senior Software Engineer based in London with 14 years of full-stack experience building product-focused web applications and infrastructure. He combines a PhD-level computer science background with hands-on delivery—leading React single-page apps, Django APIs, and AI-grounded Q&A systems at Mintel before joining Vanta. Known as a pragmatic generalist and builder, he drives high code quality through testing, documentation, and observability while collaborating across teams to unblock dependencies. Early career work includes enterprise Python server-side systems for storage arrays and migrating content platforms to modern static stacks, reflecting a comfort with both low-level systems and developer-facing product features. Off the beaten path, he pairs technical depth with a background in mathematics and music, which informs a methodical yet creative approach to engineering problems.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics & Music, 90, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics & Music, 90 at University of HaifaMaster of Arts (MA), Music Technology, 94, Master of Arts (MA), Music Technology, 94 at Bar-Ilan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London
Github Skills (102)
python10
jwt-authentication10
token-based-authentication10
django10
formatter10
sdk10
goodies10
autopep810
pre-commit-hook10
signing9
matroska9
audio9
logic9
django-framework9
identity9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tevansuk/django-oauth-toolkit
Oct 2020 - Mar 2021
OAuth2 goodies for the Djangonauts!
Contributions:1 PR, 42 pushes, 5 branches in 5 months
oauth2djangopythongoodies
tevansuk/aoc-2021
Dec 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:22 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
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