# Thomas Burgess Email: \*@thomasburgess.dev https://github.com/ThomasBurgess2000 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jthomasburgess --- ### Metaverse Engineering Lead *MeetKai, Dec 2020 - Present* - Tech lead for [bitnile.com](bitnile.com). Deeply involved in all layers of the stack, from writing frontend react components to backend database schemas, and from game development to deployment. - Led engineering on our browser-based metaverse platform. - Previously was team lead for data team. Wrote systems in Go and TypeScript to scrape, parse, and export millions of items from various sites. ### Software Engineer Intern *Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, May 2020 - Dec 2020* - Worked on the F-35 weapons team, completing coding, testing, and debugging tasks in C++. - Led effort to automate the build and test processes using Jenkins and Python. --- ### Bachelor of Computer Science *Biola University* - 3.9 GPA - Stewart Science Honors Program - Participated in specialized coursework and on-campus research. - Torrey Honors College - The top Great Books program in the country, taken in addition to my major specific courses. --- Experienced with **TypeScript**, **Go**, **Next.js**, **Temporal**, **React**, **Python**, **Babylon.js**, **Prisma**, **C++**