🟢 Available for Contracting & Technical Consulting

Hi, I'm Tom Olick

Full-Stack Software Contractor & Technical Architect. Former Google Staff Engineer (L6). I build premium web applications, generative AI workflows, and scale high-performance API integrations.

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Expertise

Technical Skills

Over 25 years of experience architecting cloud services, scaling systems to millions of users, and implementing automation pipelines.

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Staff Lead, Google Speak (Generative AI)

Architected Google Speak, an LLM-powered language practice platform integrated into Google Search (and now Google Translate). Scaled frontend and backend systems to support over 50 million unique daily users (at launch) with high reliability.

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Technical Lead, Google Cloud IoT Infrastructure

Designed and launched core IoT data infrastructure, including structured storage and Token Services. Scaled backend processing and device management, capable of handling BILLIONS of connected objects.


Awarded security patent EP3694175B1 for IoT device security.

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Payment Platforms & IoT Security Patent

Designed Google's secure Virtual Credit Card Payment server for fraud detection, boosting ad revenues by hundreds of millions.

Platform Expertise

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    Distributed Systems & API Design

    Designing microservices, low-latency communication (gRPC), and robust servers serving millions of concurrent requests.

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    Generative AI & LLM Workflows

    Integrating large language models (Gemini), prompt automation pipelines, and semantic search interfaces.

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    Cloud Storage & Infrastructure

    Architecting database schemas and distributed storage models using Google Spanner, BigTable, and relational databases.

Core Tech Stack

Google Gemini Google Cloud (GCP) Firebase Google Spanner BigTable Java Python TypeScript React Flutter & Dart gRPC Chrome Extensions
Featured Work

Side-Projects Showcase

Select applications and automated workflows highlighting interactive mapping, generative AI integrations, and full-stack capabilities.

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Adventures

A premium travel itinerary planner utilizing Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Mapbox/Leaflet APIs. Features offline caching and role-based sharing.

JavaScript Node.js PostgreSQL Leaflet JS PWA
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Monarch Money: Unlocked

A Chrome Extension that unlocks key features which are missing in the native Monarch Money experience — clickable transaction links, persistent dashboard settings, and automatic full-transaction lists.

JavaScript Chrome APIs MutationObserver DOM Injection
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Screenshot → Calendar

A PWA that uses Gemini AI to extract event details from any uploaded screenshot and adds them directly to Google Calendar.

TypeScript React Gemini AI PWA
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Monarch Money Bridge

Import international EUR/GBP receipts into Monarch Money with AI-powered OCR and automatic currency conversion.

Python FastAPI Gemini AI PWA
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FIRE Retirement Simulator

Runs 10,000 real-time Monte Carlo simulations against your live portfolio to calculate dynamic safe withdrawal rates.

Python Pandas Monte Carlo Monarch API
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TimeClash Game

A competitive historical timeline trivia game. Place events in chronological order and challenge friends to real-time 1v1 battles.

React TypeScript WebSocket PostgreSQL

Start a Project Together

Need an experienced contractor to build a full-stack product, design a complex integration, or introduce AI capabilities into your workflow? Let's discuss your engineering needs.

✉️ Email: egodevnull@gmail.com 🔗 Connect on LinkedIn 🐙 Follow on GitHub