Tom Mcdonnell
Back End Developer at Flatpack Apps
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolTom Mcdonnell is a seasoned back-end developer with 14+ years building and modernising web applications across PHP, JavaScript and MySQL in both Linux and Windows environments. He has a strong track record of rescuing and evolving legacy systems, leading small teams, and shipping impactful features—such as an automated workshop scheduling system that delivered six-figure annual savings for adopters. As founder of Flatpack Apps and Autotutor, he combines low-code product thinking with hands-on engineering and maintains volunteer production systems for non-profits. Comfortable spanning server-side architecture, AJAX-driven front ends and data-focused tooling, he also has a penchant for building student-facing edtech and community-focused projects (GovHack honourable mention, 2021). Based in Melbourne, he pairs practical problem-solving with long-term maintenance stewardship, often taking projects from concept through to sustained real-world use.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Victorian Certificate of Education, Focussed on maths and sciences, Victorian Certificate of Education, Focussed on maths and sciences at St Josephs CollegeBachelor of Computer Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Philosophy, Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Philosophy at Monash University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (38)
rich-text-editor8
react8
editing8
wysiwyg8
api8
ckeditor8
javascript8
contenteditable8
rte7
html-editor7
nextjs7
ace-editor7
text-editing7
dst6
vim6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tomcdonnell/schoolbox-api-docs
Jan 2023 - Feb 2025
Schoolbox API docs
Contributions:135 pushes, 34 branches in 2 years 1 month
apiapi-docs
tomcdonnell/tetris_tribute
Apr 2016 - Apr 2022
Contributions:3 pushes in 6 years
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