Tom Mitchell
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Mitchell is a Principal Software Engineer based in Seattle with 12 years of experience building and leading engineering teams across startups and large tech companies. He blends hands-on craftsmanship—obsessed with “beautiful code”—with strategic leadership, having scaled teams and products as Head of Engineering at Granted and as a founding engineer at Ravel. His long tenure at Oscar Health spans individual contributor and manager roles across New York and Seattle, giving him deep experience in shipping reliable systems in regulated, fast-moving domains. Tom began his career and returned to Microsoft in senior engineering roles, demonstrating comfort operating inside large organizations as well as early-stage ventures. Known for a pragmatic, product-focused approach, he prioritizes maintainable architectures that accelerate delivery and developer productivity. He holds a BE in Software Engineering from the University of Auckland and brings a persistent curiosity that surfaces in both technical depth and team mentorship.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Software Engineering at University of Auckland
English
Github Skills (137)
handlers10
iot-application10
hue10
smartthings10
high-performance10
edgedb10
query-language10
zwave10
zigbee10
migration10
relational9
tasmota9
upnp9
pipeline9
database9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
tomnz/glue-hecklevision
Mar 2020 - Mar 2023
Web-based overlay for heckling video streams.
Contributions:4 PRs, 60 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 11 months
fluttersimple-appandroidrelief
tomnz/glowpher
Nov 2017 - Apr 2021
Contributions:12 PRs, 10 pushes, 13 branches in 3 years 5 months
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