Justin Thomas

I build technology that most people only read about.Not as a hobby. Not for coursework. Because there is no better way to truly understand a system than to build one yourself, from the metal up.I have written an operating system from scratch, designed and implemented a custom programming language, engineered a proprietary encryption cipher, built a 2D game engine, and architected a blockchain-based document authentication platform, all before finishing my undergraduate degree. These were not tutorials followed or templates modified. They were problems I chose to solve because the depth required to solve them was the point.That philosophy has produced results that speak for themselves.I am a 2x International Hackathon Champion, having competed against 9,000+ participants representing 390 colleges across 20 states and 7 countries including Japan, China, USA, UAE, Singapore, Germany, and Australia. I have won 1st Place at a National Research Competition, 1st Place at a Shark Tank competition, and now back to back International Hackathon titles. I have built and scaled a real-world product to 25,000+ users, owning the architecture, development, and deployment end to end.My expertise spans encryption and cybersecurity, systems and low-level engineering, blockchain architecture, cloud infrastructure, and full-stack development across React, TypeScript, Python, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. I do not specialize narrowly because the most interesting problems never stay in one domain.I am currently focused on cloud-native systems, applying my background in security, systems design, and software engineering to build infrastructure that is scalable, resilient, and built to last.I am open to connecting with engineers, researchers, founders, and anyone building at the edge of what is currently possible. If the problem is hard enough, I am interested.