Tom Whittle
Building Artificial Societies (YC W25) | Founding Engineer
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Engineer
2024 - Current
YC W25. Bringing the future of market research to everyone.
Software Engineer
2024 - 2024
On a mission to unlock the potential of business and government working better, together.
Software Engineer
2023 - 2024
Built intuitive software for ESG data collection. Made a custom component library and owned product features end to end.
Full Stack Developer
2021 - 2023
- Implemented customised integration of PayPal Pay Later and Stripe - Designed and built a dynamic product configurator (React) - Built high volume API integrations (Salesforce, Xero etc)
Teaching Assistant
2021 - 2021
Taught non-technical people to code. Very rewarding and fun.
Solutions Consultant
2019 - 2020
• Part of the team that won a £70m bid for City of London IT Services • Built an IT management platform for the Metropolitan Police • Created a 5-year IT strategy for Hillingdon Council
Cloud Analyst & Consultant
2019 - 2019
• Led two successful cloud discoveries (over 2000 servers) • Helped size two new data centres for the States of Guernsey • Mentored two new analysts, assigning them their day to day tasks
Sharepoint and Office 365 Apprentice
2018 - 2019
Got 90%+ across exams. Learnt stuff like SWOT, PESTLE and Porter’s Five Forces.
Intern
2014 - 2014
“I have a feeling about you and to be honest, so did everyone that met you here.” - Holly Tucker, CEO