Tommy Szalapski is a software engineer with eight years of professional experience and a PhD-level background in computer science, currently coding at Google from Rolla, Missouri in a fully remote capacity. His career blends embedded systems and low-latency work—designing and testing ticker-plant software at Exegy and developing efficient protocols for UAV networks and wireless sensor systems—with academic research and teaching in C++ and protocol efficiency. Tommy’s early work includes image-processing research for medical diagnosis and practical IT administration, reflecting both hands-on systems skills and rigorous algorithmic thinking. Comfortable across research and production environments, he favors remote roles and brings deep C++ expertise, protocol design experience, and a track record of turning research into deployable software.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at Missouri University of Science and Technology
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