Luke Thomas
Engineering Manager @Kickstarter
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WORK HISTORY
Engineering Manager @Kickstarter
Glasgow, GB
Founding lead of new Payments Products team. Direct manager to three seniors. Sprint facilitator for 8 person (2 squad) Payments group- Planned roadmap and worked with my team to commit to deadlines for large (6-8 month) projects and hit the deadlines- Led rapid MVP build of Pledge Over Time split payment system, resulting in a 143% lift in average order value in closed beta- Coordinated beta launch with legal and brand teams, resulting in positive press coverage by 20+ outlets, including the Verge, Polygon, MakeUseOf, Engadget, the Information- Planned and executed roadmap to scale Pledge Over Time to general availability in tight deadline coordination with major go-to-market push- Provide code and technical plan review, and occasionally find time to ship features myself- Advocate for testing in production, i.e. designing releases and monitoring plans to maximize the speed at which products get in front of users- On incident response rotation, ran public-facing comms about degraded system performance, led response to multiple injection and card testing attacks.
EDUCATION
Dev Bootcamp
Web Development, Object Oriented Design, MVC Architecture
New York University
Bachelor's degree, English Language and Literature, General
SKILLS
ABOUT LUKE THOMAS
I’m a software engineering leader with expertise in mission-critical systems moving millions of dollars per day and launch-fast, scale-later prototype development. I excel at removing bottlenecks before they impact delivery, designing solutions amid ambiguity, and communicating the essentials of technical constraints to nontechnical decision makers. I bring a unique perspective to people management from 2+ years experience as an elected union negotiator, which helps me support robust alignment between team needs and business objectives.
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