Tom Reznick

Software Engineer | thomas.reznick@gmail.com

ABOUT

I'm a Software Engineer who writes Ruby, Python, Golang, Javascript, and HTML/CSS. I believe code should be clean, architecture and design should be elegant, tests should be well thought out and purposeful, and that software should be made with love, trust, and empathy. I am excited by geospatial databases, full-text searching, machine learning, and some measure of mad hackery. I also dabble in homebrewing, cooking, cycling, and karaoke

EDUCATION

MS, Computer Science
University of New Haven

DECEMBER 2014

MA, History of Science and Medicine
Yale University

May 2010

BA, Science, Technology and Society
Colby College

May 2007

WORK

Software Engineer
Stripe

APRIL 2022 - Present

Lead Member of Technical Staff, Department of Data
Heroku

Senior Engineer for Heroku Data. Worked on the control plane for our Postgresql, Redis, Kafka, and Cassandra offerings. Developed software managing +3 million datastore across +70,000 servers. Considerable experience running highly available distributed services at scale. Strong emphasis on service ownership and on-call responsibility.

NOVEMBER 2021 - FEBRUARY 2022

Senior Member of Technical Staff, Department of Data
Heroku

OCTOBER 2018 - NOVEMBER 2021

Senior Software Engineer
Continuity Control

DECEMBER 2017 - SEPTEMBER 2018

Senior Software Engineer
SeeClickFix

Software Engineer for a municipal geospatial issue management product using Rails, PostGIS, Chef and Ember

Team Lead for Web Team

JUNE 2016 - OCTOBER 2017

Software Engineer
Continuity Control

Software Engineer for a financial services SaaS product, using technologies including but not limited to: Rails, Backbone, Elasticsearch, Puppet, AWS

Strong emphasis on Agile Methodologies, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, mentorship, and clean and sustainable architecture.

SEPTEMBER 2014 - MAY 2016

Software Engineer
Citiesense

Architected and developed a SaaS platform for municipal governments to better display real-estate opportunities and manage geospatial data using Python, Flask and Postgres. Managed IT, Systems administration, Database and Development.

MARCH 2014 - SEPTEMBER 2014

Junior Software Engineer
Broadstripes

Extensive experience working on a legacy Ruby on Rails application, using a technology stack including but not limited to: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/jQuery, PostgreSQL, PostGIS

AUGUST 2013 - APRIL 2014

PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT & FELLOWSHIPS

Organizer
newhaven.io

Organizer for local tech meetup

MAY 2016 - PRESENT

Mentor
Connecticut Skills Challenge Finals

Mentored undergraduate finalists in the CT Skills Challenge Final Hackathon

APRIL 2016

Summer Fellow
Yale Entrepreneurial Institute

The Yale Entrepreneurial Institute Fellowship is a competitive 10-week program for Yale’s most promising student startups. An intensive bootcamp, the fellowship helps students launch and grow their new business ventures.

SUMMER 2014

Program Graduate
A100

A100 is an apprenticeship program for aspiring software developers. A100 trains college students and graduates in the craft of software development, matching high-performing students with promising startups.

SUMMER 2013