Tom Rogers
Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Rogers is a Solutions Architect and experienced backend engineer with 13 years building scalable, cloud-native systems across AWS, streaming platforms, and microservices. He has shipped production Java and Node.js services at companies including AWS, Spotify, DAZN and the BBC, and designed cross-region replication and disaster-recovery solutions using Kinesis, Lambda and DynamoDB. Tom contributes to open-source projects (notably improving content extraction and paywall bypassing for the Omnivore read-it-later app) and is comfortable working full-stack, even scripting in Lua for game-related tooling. Based in Leiden, he combines hands-on engineering with stakeholder-facing architecture work and a knack for turning messy data sync problems into reliable, observable pipelines.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange - Computer Scienec, Computer Science, N/A, Exchange - Computer Scienec, Computer Science, N/A at Gjøvik University College (HiG)Computer Science, First, Computer Science, First at University of Derby
Github Skills (15)
lua10
typescript10
typescripts10
addin10
webscraping10
addon10
typescript-types10
reader9
ui-design9
graphical-user-interface9
javascript9
user-interface9
axios8
utility8
bookmark7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Windower/Lua
Mar 2013 - Jul 2014
Lua Addons and Scripts
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:168 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Tom contributed to the Lua scripts within the repository, adding new functionalities and features to enhance the user experience within the Windower framework. The commits involve the creation of a cell helper addon, modifications to existing functionality to manage and display game information. The user demonstrated proficiency in LUA scripting.
luaneovimazerothcoreaddons
omnivore-app/omnivore
Jun 2023 - Apr 2025
Omnivore is a complete, open source read-it-later solution for people who like reading.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 69 PRs, 46 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Tom focused on improving the functionality of the Omnivore read-it-later application. Their primary contribution involved adding handlers to bypass paywalls and correctly format content from websites like The Atlantic and Wired. Furthermore, the user addressed test failures and removed unnecessary content elements from articles to improve the reading experience. They also implemented a system for managing and adding URLs directly from the search bar, enhancing user interaction with the application.
read-it-laterlogseqproductivitybookmarksreader
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