Currently
I'm a full-stack developer with nearly seven years of experience, including headless ecommerce on Medusa and builds on Magento. These days I'm focused on Grout, software built specifically for independent flooring companies.
I work across the stack with Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and Postgres, taking products from design through to polished, shipped software. I especially enjoy finding creative ways to present complex, data-heavy interfaces, making them feel calm, clear, and beautiful to use.
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The most comprehensive toolkit for flooring companies
Supplier catalog data has always been locked inside full ERPs that come with expensive contracts, sales demos, and months of onboarding. Grout puts it in the hands of independent dealers in a few clicks, for the first time.
Highlights
- A from-scratch X12 / fcB2B EDI parser, with 997 acknowledgments back to suppliers
- Scheduled catalog sync from 30+ suppliers over FTP and SFTP, run on BullMQ workers
- Price changes, promotions, and discontinued products tracked automatically
- A document-first quote editor with live costing and margins
- Custom domains for hosted quotes and email, verified through the Vercel and Resend APIs
- Subscription billing and payments through Stripe
Stack
Other projects
A keyboard brand I built and ran: 750+ orders shipped worldwide, $40k in revenue
Dilution, cash, and short data for small cap stocks, with AI-summarized SEC filings
A browser wallet and decentralized exchange on the XRP Ledger
File storage for developers, with SDKs for JavaScript and Node
A link management platform with custom domains, QR codes, and analytics
Experience
Apr 2026 – Present
Founder · Grout
Building a B2B platform for independent flooring dealers from the ground up, owning product, design, and engineering. In daily use at A-1 Carpet & Tile for quoting jobs, with 70,000+ products synced automatically from supplier feeds.
Apr 2025 – Apr 2026
Junior Frontend DeveloperUnited Wheels Inc.
Shipped to production within my first 10 days. Built custom Magento modules across the backend and frontend, including admin dashboard controls, and led UI implementation from Figma for multiple Hyvä brand sites.
Aug 2021 – Present
A-1 Carpet & Tile
A residential and commercial flooring dealer in Dayton, Ohio, since 1955.
Sales (Part-time)·Apr 2025 – Present
Evening estimating alongside United Wheels and Grout, doing blueprint takeoffs and figuring materials for residential and commercial jobs.
Sales·Aug 2021 – Apr 2025
Worked directly with clients to select, measure, and quote residential and commercial flooring jobs, the hands-on experience behind Grout.
Education
Sep 2018 – May 2021
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Where I first got into computer science, while competing as an NCAA Division I Big Ten wrestler on scholarship, ranked top 20 nationally. Previously a state and national champion, ranked #1 in the country in high school.
More
You can view more of my code and projects on Github, or reach me at rmthomas1998@gmail.com.