Tom Sommer
Director Of Engineering at Redbubble
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Summary
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SeniorTom Sommer is a Director of Engineering based in Hobart, Tasmania with 12 years of experience building and leading high-performing software teams. At Redbubble since 2018, he focuses on people development and creating environments where engineers grow and deliver reliable products. Known for combining hands-on technical judgment with empathetic leadership, he prioritizes career progression and team dynamics as much as delivery metrics. Tom’s longevity in a fast-moving consumer tech company suggests strength in scaling processes and sustaining engineering culture through change. He brings a pragmatic, coach-first approach that helps individuals hit personal development goals while driving organizational outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
pair-programming8
decision-making8
devrel7
management7
react6
rss3
security1
devops1
infrastructure1
terraform1
secrets1
ansible1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
redbubble/conditional_capistrano
Feb 2014 - Sep 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 1 push in 1 year 7 months
tsommer/thedecologist
Mar 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:33 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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