Thomas O'gara
Software Engineer at Stripe
Dublin, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas O'gara is a Software Engineer at Stripe in Dublin with eight years of engineering experience and a First Class Honours degree in Computer Science from University College Dublin. He currently contributes to the Bank Debit payments team, bringing production-grade backend expertise to high-throughput financial systems. His background includes internships at AWS and Google's STEP program, reflecting strong foundations in large-scale cloud and systems engineering. Prior roles outside tech, including bar staff work at a family-named venue, hint at practical people skills and resilience under pressure. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who moves quickly from prototyping to reliable deployment. He balances deep technical focus with an appreciation for operational reliability in payment infrastructure.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, First Class Honours, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, First Class Honours at University College DublinLeaving Certificate, 613 Points, Leaving Certificate, 613 Points at Coolmine Community School
Github Skills (17)
spring-data-jpa5
spring-boot5
spring-security4
java4
spring4
aws4
react4
docker3
flyway3
mongodb3
typescript3
nodejs3
postgresql2
web-platform2
python1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
googleinterns/step226-2020
Aug 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 70 reviews, 295 commits in 1 month
thomasogara/thomasogara.github.io
Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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