Tom Salmon

Software Engineer

Experience

  • Golang
  • Vue
  • Postgres
  • GCP
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Networking
  • Business Architecture
  • Budget Management
Toggl

Toggl is a suite of time tracking and productivity apps, headquartered in Estonia but fully remote.

January 2024 - Present

Backend Engineer

I work on Toggl Hire, which is an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) with Skills Testing. Notable projects have been building an integration with Gmail, migrating the product from Heroku to GCP, and a rewrite of the skills testing API.

Tantalus Labs

Tantalus Labs was a licensed producer of cannabis, based in British Columbia, Canada. Tantalus began in the federally licensed medical cannabis framework and went on to serve both medical & recreational clients in Canada's legal cannabis framework.

July 2018 - July 2023

CTO

As CTO I developed enterprise planning software and business-wide metric reporting, managed the Technology and Physical Security divisions, and worked with the COO to design business architecture and high level processes.

June 2017 - July 2018

DevOps Engineer

The "Devops Engineer" at Tantalus was responsible for supporting IT systems, ranging from text-based PLC software to Rails applications. A large part of the early role was building automation around the security hardware for the greenhouse.

Codestone

Codestone is a Managed Services Provider in Poole, Dorset. They specialise in cloud services, Citrix, and Office365 and are also a leading SAP Business One partner.

August 2014 - March 2017

Infrastructure Consultant

As an Infrastructure Consultant at Codestone, I was responsible for specifying, architecting, and engineering IT Infrastructure solutions to business customers. I was based in London but my role required travel to clients across the UK and Europe.

May 2013 - August 2014

Senior Infrastructure Support Technician (Virgin)

In May 2013 I relocated to London for a role dedicated to Virgin, based at Virgin’s head office. Codestone provided Infrastructure-as-a-Service and support to Virgin, including VIP support for high profile users. The role included the day-to-day managing of service delivery; change request management; leading a support team across the UK, Switzerland, United States, and British Virgin Islands.

October 2012 - May 2013

Infrastructure Support Technician

As Infrastructure Support Technician I worked on the helpdesk in Poole, UK; providing remote support to business customers.

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