Tommy Murphy is a software engineer who specializes in security and distributed systems. With an impressive background that includes being a staff software engineer at Google, a senior software engineer at Google, an application security engineer at DigitalOcean, and a unified capabilities assessment program officer in charge at the United States Air Force, Tommy has honed his skills across a wide range of experiences. He also brings academic expertise to his work, having studied computer science and computer engineering at the University of Virginia, where he also worked as a research assistant.

Tommy’s career began at Dexisive, where he worked as a programmer before moving on to various roles within the United States Air Force, including serving as a test director and officer in charge of the unified capabilities assessment program. After his time in the Air Force, he worked as a software engineer at ShopKeep before moving on to DigitalOcean, where he served as an application security engineer before being promoted to software engineer. Tommy joined Google in 2018 as a senior software engineer before being promoted to his current role as staff software engineer.

As someone with a focus on security, Tommy is skilled in Go and has a deep understanding of distributed systems. His experience in both enterprise-level organizations such as Google and smaller startups such as ShopKeep has given him a perspective on software engineering that serves him well in his current role.