Thomas James Slater

Thomas James Slater has extensive experience in software engineering, sound design, and production. Thomas James began their career in 2008 as a Sound Design and Production at Real U Pte Ltd, where they were the lead sound designer and audio producer on the AAA MMO title "Otherland". From 2013 to 2014, they worked as a Front-End Engineer at Amplifier Strategies, where they were responsible for HTML templating, responsive CSS, Wordpress, Drupal, Node.js, and other technologies. In 2014, they worked as a Software Engineer at NeuStar, Inc., where they collaborated with architects, product managers, and other professionals. From 2015 to 2017, they worked as a Senior Software Engineer at R/GA and Senior UI Developer at Idean. In 2018, they worked as a Senior Front End Software Engineer, Principal Associate at Capital One and a Freelance JavaScript Code Reviewer at PullRequest. Currently, they are a Full Stack Developer Team Lead and Front End Team Lead at YieldX, where they are leading the development of fixed income security applications, their workflows, analytics dashboards, and admin dashboards. Thomas James is also leading the creation and integration of an internal component library and its with material ui for design, including white-labeling, testing, and platform integration from POC to production.

Thomas James Slater has a diverse educational background. Thomas James obtained a Master of Arts in Music Theory and Composition from New York University in 2007. In 2013, they attended RocketU for a 10-Week Developer Bootcamp in Computer Programming. Thomas James also obtained a Bachelor of Music in Music Composition and a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004. Slater has also obtained several certifications, including CS105: Introduction to Python from Saylor Academy in 2022, Triplebyte Certified Front End Engineer from Triplebyte in 2020, Certified Secure Software Engineer - Associate certification from Secure Code Warrior in 2020, CS107: C Programming from Saylor Academy in 2016, Duolingo German Fluency: Elementary (Estimated) and Duolingo Spanish Fluency: Elementary (Estimated) from Duolingo in 2015, CS101: Introduction to Computer Science I from Saylor Academy in 2012, and CS102: Introduction to Computer Science II from Saylor Academy in 2012.