# Thomas Simko

> Software Engineer at Meta

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/thomassimko

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2024 – Present | Menlo Park, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Cisco
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, California, United States
- Demonstrated technical leadership on a global team by delivering high-quality, themeable React components that are consumed across the organization
- Engineered NX code generators for automated boilerplate generation, streamlining development and eliminating time-consuming tasks
- Revamped the GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline, resulting in over 50% reduction in build times, all while enhancing code quality and fortifying security measures
- Identified and eradicated redundant code and build processes, simplifying the system's architecture for greater efficiency and maintainability
- Engineered code generators for automated boilerplate generation, streamlining development and eliminating time-consuming tasks
- Provided hands-on customer support across multiple platforms and programming languages
- Recipient of the "Rockstar Award" and honored as one of the organization's essential employees, emphasizing a track record of excellence and dedication

### Software Engineer @ Study.com
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States
- Implemented frontend and backend systems in a collaborative, cross-functional scrum team using AngularJS, Java Spring, Ionic, and MySQL
- Architected and developed in-app payment systems to achieve iOS App Store compliance
- Cultivated workflows that interface with Wistia and AWS APIs to allow contractors to upload, review, and publish videos in our internal content-management system
- Optimized pages for SEO and improved Google Lighthouse scores by adding schema metadata, reducing page load times, and meeting web accessibility standards

### Associate Software Engineer @ Study.com
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

### DevOps Intern @ MapR Data Technologies
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Jose, CA
Developed dynamic, internal webpages using TypeScript and React to increase the accessibility of information queried from different systems and perform analytics of that data to optimize workflows.
• Queried systems such as Jenkins, Artifactory, ElasticSearch, and Marathon to retrieve and display information for employees without access to their interfaces.
• Performed bug fixes and performance improvements on the DevOps website to enhance usability and efficiency.
• Queried and configured ElasticSearch indexes

### IT Intern @ MapR Technologies
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Fulfilled the role of a full-time IT employee by providing end-user technical support, performing on/off-boarding of employees, managing user accounts, and other technical maintenance.

### IT Intern @ MapR Technologies
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

### Event Staff @ Planet Granite Sunnyvale
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
The Event Staff position is a role that wears many hats which requires a person to be knowledgable of climbing techniques with an emphasis on safety, excel at customer service, and perform other tasks to keep the climbing gym operational.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

### Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018

### Mountain	  View	  High	  School
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/thomassimko
- Website: https://thomassimko.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-22