Tom Robinson
Software Engineer at Yelp.com
Everett, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Robinson is a software engineer with 13 years of experience building secure, scalable backend systems and platforms, currently focused on infrastructure and security at Yelp. He combines a Computer Engineering foundation and a CIS degree from the University of Miami with hands-on expertise in Python, Java, C/C++, DevOps tooling and network-level security controls. His work spans large-scale data processing and life-science projects (Hadoop, genomic pipelines) to commercial anti-malware engineering and automation, reflecting deep experience in parallelization, reverse engineering, and production reliability. At Yelp he contributes to open-source scheduler tooling (Tron) and has strengthened platform security and network controls, drawing on practical iptables and firewall experience from Paasta contributions. Comfortable moving between low-level systems and higher-level service design, he has a track record of preventing failures and hardening notification/reporting paths in real products. Based in Everett, WA, he pairs research-driven problem solving with operational discipline and a knack for shipping pragmatic, testable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Dual-Enrollment, Dual-Enrollment at School for Advanced StudiesBachelor's Degree, Computer Information Systems, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Information Systems at University of Miami
Github Skills (22)
kubernetes10
ruby-rails10
docker10
it-security10
embedded-ruby10
firewall10
rails10
eruby10
dockers10
iptables10
ruby10
security10
erb10
actionmailer10
kubernetes-pods10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Yelp/paasta
Mar 2020 - Sep 2020
An open, distributed platform as a service
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Security Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Security EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 64 commits, 27 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Tom primarily contributed to enhancing the security and operational aspects of the PaaS platform. Their work focused on implementing network restrictions for services, modifying firewall rules, and improving the overall security posture of the platform. This involved refactoring network configurations, integrating inbound firewall controls, and adding security checks to the deployment process. They demonstrated a strong understanding of network infrastructure, iptables, and access control mechanisms.
mesosdockerplatform-as-a-servicedistributed-systemsmicroservices
Netflix-Skunkworks/Scumblr
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Web framework that allows performing periodic syncs of data sources and performing analysis on the identified results
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Tom made several changes to mailer and view files, indicating a focus on refining the application's notification and reporting features. The commits involved removing routing to potentially unintended recipients and preventing crashes when data elements were missing. This work directly impacted the application's reliability and user experience.
checklistpythonanalysisdata-sourcesperiodic
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