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Hi, my name is Nick

Nick Branch

Software Engineer at Stealth Mode Startup

I am a passionate software engineer with 5 years of working experience. I am working at a stealth mode startup while looking for a new opportunity.

Leadership
Team Work
Work Ethic

Skills

Go
Go

Writing scalable, testable, and maintainable software in Go in personal projects. This includes the startup I am currently working on using Echo and pgx (to interface with Postgres) on the backend.

Python
Python

Used professionally for scripting, deployed desktop applications with GUIs using PyQt, and data analysis. Currently learning more about NumPy, SciPy, and Pandas for machine learning.

Typescript
Typescript

Used both Typescript and Javascript profesionally and personally for full stack web development. This includes the use of Node/Express on the backend, React/Vue on the frontend, and Jest/Selenium for testing.

C#
C#

Used C# profesionally for desktop application development using WPF.

Java
Java

Used Java for backend development while at AWS and DFIN. This involved Spring Boot and other frameworks and tools both internal and external.

C++
C++

Familiar with basic C/C++ programming, used in undergrad throughout various projects.

Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing

Worked extensively with (and at) AWS. Also used GCP in the past.

Docker
Docker

Write most software to be deployed in a dockerized container. Experienced with multi-stage and multi-arch build processes.

Kubernetes
Kubernetes

Capable of deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes. Used k8s profesionally at AWS and DFIN. Have also used Terraform to manage and deploy infra for k8s clusters.

Prometheus
Prometheus

Capable of setup and configuration of Prometheus metrics. Experienced with writing metric exporters.

Linux
Linux

Using Ubuntu 20.04 as my development daily driver through WSL2 on my desktop Windows machine and MacOS when on the go.

Git
Git

Experienced with git-based development.

Experiences

1
Stealth Mode Startup

January 2024 - Present

Remote (Pre-incorporation work until March 2025)

Senior Software Engineer

January 2024 - Present

Responsibilities:
  • Engineered a scalable modular monolith backend using Go (Echo), PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka for efficient real-time logistics and event streaming.
  • Working on separate microservices for business needs that require horizontal scaling: Location, Notification, and Automated Dispatching.
  • Wrote comprehensive unit and functional tests integrated into PR workflows, built CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions enforcing code quality via automated linting and mandatory test-pass checks before merges, and configured Docker for local development and deployment.
  • Tools & languages used: Go, Echo, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Kafka.
AWS

August 2022 - September 2023

Greater Seattle Area

Software Development Engineer

August 2022 - September 2023

Responsibilities:
  • Wrote design docs, hosted design feedback meetings, and owned implementation of multiple features of full stack software used by Data Center technicians around the world to do their work.
  • Provided initial response to all Sev-2 incidents in on-call capacity in under 3 minutes followed by a deep dive into the root cause of the issue. Handled global phased release and any necessary rollbacks during release on-call.
  • Resolved automatically and manually cut tickets while oncall including host patching, feature development requests, and deep dives into CloudWatch logs to root cause performance issues.
  • Participated in the design phase of a migration from AngularJS to React and implemented core functionality of the rendering engine.
  • Tools & languages used: Java (Spring Boot), TypeScript, AWS DynamoDB, AWS IAM, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CLI, CloudWatch, S3, RDS, SQS, PagerDuty
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3
DFIN Solutions

August 2021 - April 2022

Remote (Company in Greater Chicago Area)

Software Engineer

August 2021 - April 2022

Responsibilities:
  • Built a stateless microservice to receive telemetry event data from RabbitMQ, transform that data, and ultimately export the spans to New Relic while minimizing impact on the instrumented microservices and existing infrastructure.
  • Instrumented complex workflows across a suite of microservices to allow event data flow into RabbitMQ for use in the above service.
  • Created Azure DevOps build and deploy pipelines, added Terraform configuration, set up Docker containers for local development and for deployment into Kubernetes Pods including horizontal autoscaling.
  • Tools & languages used: Java, JavaScript, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, JIRA, Git, New Relic, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Azure.
Ricardo Defense

May 2020 - November 2020

Hybrid (Remote in Los Angeles / In-Person in Goleta)

Software Developer

May 2020 - November 2020

Responsibilities:
  • Worked as lead DevSecOps Engineer for product suite of six products. Responsible for implementing new build processes and standards, improving existing processes, and diagnosing build issues.
  • Improved build speeds for existing builds in Jenkins for product suite between 45.5% and 62.7% by implementing shallow git clones, only running builds on Jenkins agents, using reference repositories to clone from after fetch/pull and using optimized compiler switches.
  • Led initiative for Docker/containerization adoption throughout development and build processes.
  • Collaborated with software architecture team to diagram DevSecOps flow in Enterprise Architect.
  • Gave introductory talks to new hires on our DevSecOps process along with a brief introduction to concepts.
  • Tools & languages used: Jenkins, Ant, JavaScript (ES6), Node.js, Express, Java, Docker, JIRA, Git, CVS, Grafana.
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5
CDK Global

June 2019 - August 2019

Portland

Software Developer Intern

June 2019 - August 2019

Responsibilities:
  • Performed backend development on CDK Global’s Global Content Management team in the Functional Services department to build an externally available REST API with an adapter to an internal API,
  • Created an AWS API Gateway and AWS Lambda functions to transform requests between an internal and external API,
  • Worked with AWS Lambda (written in Node.js), AWS IAM, AWS CLI, and Terraform for creating and maintaining an AWS DynamoDB database,
  • Used Confluence to create, manage, and maintain best practices as well as documentation for general new hire on-boarding, and development tools set up that were not already well-documented.
  • Tools & languages used: AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, AWS DynamoDB, AWS IAM, AWS CloudFormation, AWS SAM, AWS CLI, JavaScript (ES6), Node.js, Express, Docker, Swagger, Terraform, JIRA, Confluence, Agile Methodologies, Visual Studio Code.
Digital Waybill

March 2016 - May 2019

Culver City

Software Developer

March 2016 - May 2019

Responsibilities:
  • Created a C# project adding functionality to interact with an Access Database and perform queries to delete/update records with SQL solving common issues, knocking support time on those issues down by 75% in most cases.
  • Created a customized exe with a GUI in C# for customers to modify all fuel surcharge records on the back end of the database cutting down the need to update fuel surcharges on individual price lists.
  • Debugged production VB6 code (at times while on calls with the affected customer) to resolve database inconsistencies and recover from issues on a regular basis.
  • Setup courier software with customized pricing/zones and supported over 500 users with issues pertaining to our software including technical support, billing, and demos for potential customers.
  • Tools & languages used: C#, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Python, JavaScript, VB6, Github.
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Education

Georgia Institute of Technology
2024-2027
M.S. in Computer Science - Specialization in Machine Learning
Taken Courses:
Course NameTotal CreditObtained Credit
Intro to Cognitive ScienceIn ProgressIn Progress
AI-Assisted Executive Function Support Project:
Currently building a prototype that uses LLMs to assist with executive function support for individuals with ADHD. This includes a chatbot interface to decompose tasks, a task management system, and a dashboard for monitoring progress and analyzing results that integrates with an existing Google Calendar. The tech stack includes Python (FastAPI), Flutter, Redis, and PostgreSQL with external integrations to OpenAI and Google Calendar. Stretch goals include a mobile app and analysis of task structure and completion patterns.
Oregon State University
2017-2020
B.S. in Computer Science
GPA: 3.49 out of 4
University of California, Irvine
2010-2016
B.A. in Psychology and Social Behavior

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