Tom Saunders
Senior Software Engineer at TELUS Digital
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Saunders is a Senior Software Engineer and DevOps practitioner with six years of hands-on experience building cloud-native systems and developer platforms, currently leading engineering efforts at TELUS Digital in Charlottesville. He blends software development and infrastructure expertise—authoring Python libraries, designing AWS architectures (AWS Certified Developer), and implementing event-driven systems and serverless platforms to streamline migrations and reduce costs. Tom has a track record of technical leadership and mentoring across cross-functional teams, driving adoption of CI/CD, testing, and best practices while interfacing directly with stakeholders. His background includes architecting data-heavy APIs on ECS/RDS, extensive GitLab CI/CD automation, and creating internal developer tooling and docs that cut technical debt. Unusually for an engineer, he also brings creative production experience from film and directing studies, which informs his collaborative, communication-first approach to complex projects.
6 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Directing, Directing at UCLA ExtensionCompositing, Compositing at GnomonArchitecting in AWS, Architecting in AWS at AWSMeisner Technique, Meisner Technique at Keep It Reel Acting StudioFigure Drawing, Figure Drawing at Anne Bridges Art StudioBachelor of Science (B.S.) Biology General, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Biology General at Virginia Military Institute
Github Skills (80)
visual-studio10
editor10
electron10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
visual-studio-code10
microsoft10
textual9
css9
chrome9
wordsearch9
nodejs9
html8
javascript8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sirfuzzalot/workspace-explorer
Jul 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 14 PRs, 14 pushes in 5 months
productivityvscodejavascriptvscode-extensionworkspace
sirfuzzalot/packagecake
Jun 2021 - Mar 2023
Turn your Python package into a delicious cake 🎂
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 9 months
python-packagepythonpython3deliciouspackaging
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