Tod Thomson
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Octopus Deploy
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolTod Thomson is a Senior Software Engineering Manager with two decades of commercial experience turning chaotic codebases and fragile processes into reliable, automated systems using the Microsoft stack (.NET, C#, TypeScript, Azure) and modern ALM practices. He excels at bridging business and technology—leading pre-sales to delivery, rescuing failing projects, and mentoring hundreds of engineers from graduate to principal levels. A hands-on leader, Tod has driven SRE, DevSecOps and CI/CD transformations across hundreds of microservices, implemented blue-green deployments and Git-first workflows, and led 24x7 operational teams to improve reliability and cost-efficiency. He co-founded a consultancy focused on pragmatic, zero-BS software engineering and organises the Brisbane .NET User Group to uplift the local community and nurture new speakers. Always curious, Tod is actively exploring how Generative AI coding agents can amplify engineering productivity while continuing to simplify ALM and SRE for real-world impact.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Information Technology (Software Engineering), Master’s Degree Information Technology (Software Engineering) at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)High School Diploma English Advanced Mathematics Physics Chemistry Music General Studies, High School Diploma English Advanced Mathematics Physics Chemistry Music General Studies at Lismore High School
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Github Skills (127)
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dotnet10
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azure-eventhub10
conventions10
cordova10
octopus10
xml10
linux9
sdk9
windows-forms9
queue9
cli9
retrofit9
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
todthomson/intro-to-linux-dotnetcore-docker
Feb 2016 - Jan 2017
An Introduction to Linux, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core & Docker...
Contributions:109 commits, 7 PRs, 140 pushes in 11 months
dockerdotnetlinux
todthomson/todthomson.github.io
Jan 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:116 commits, 36 pushes, 1 comment in 3 years 4 months
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