Summary
Xavier Thomas is a Principal Software Developer with eight years of experience building mission-critical systems and developer tooling, now leading platform work at Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits from Atlanta. He has driven large-scale frontend modernizations—most notably modernizing Mailchimp’s build system to Rspack and creating an Esbuild devserver that cut deployment and developer iteration times dramatically—while also architecting cross-domain component sharing and a centralized analytics library. His background spans real-time systems, satellite and geosynchronous tracking UIs, and enterprise-grade dashboards, reflecting a blend of low-level systems work (C++, Linux tooling) and modern component-based front-end engineering (React, microservices). Xavier favors architecting for component reuse and testable APIs, and he pairs hands-on implementation with mentoring and process improvements that measurably boost team productivity. An early career project building a pet shelter inventory up through global orbital tracking highlights his habit of turning diverse domain problems into robust, reusable software.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) IT / Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) IT / Computer Science at Florida International University
English, Spanish