Nicholas Romero
Howdy, I'm Nic. I live in Houston. PyCon India 2017 Speaker. I enjoy dabling in music production and been known to dj here and there. Plants are Jazz and Animals my diggs.
Platform Engineer
Merck
2020-08 Present- Developed features and supported ecommerce site with 2 billion dollars worth of annual transactions.
- Refactored GraphQL API into self-contained service as well as caching to allow product pages to be delivered near instantly.
- Implemented automated End to End tests insuring new code as well as other teams services worked with continuity
- Set up Backstage to document all services, apps and api's, their teams owners etc.
Senior Backend Engineer
Embold Health
2019-12 2020-05- Developed backend server and database platform to help companies like Microsoft and Walmart find the best doctors for their employees.
- ElasticSearch was utilized along with PostGIS to build a search engine by indexing Doctors stats, fees and their office locations.
Senior Backend Engineer
Travis Supply
2019-01 2019-04- Developed backend to track delivery drivers and notify shipment recipients of delivery ETA, delays.
- Reduced driver liability by storing daily vehicle inspection pictures and vehicle speed.
- Implemented an account receivable service to recover past due invoices.
Senior Engineer
Shell
2018-02 2018-07- Setup development workstation and led development of VR safety training simulator.
- Taught new developers' development best practices and how to implement tests and CI/CD best practices.
Software Developer II
Poetic
2018-02 2018-07- Wrote a WordPress plugin that pulled data from a Google Spreadsheet to show locations on a Map written in React, this can be seen here
- Worked on iOS and Android apps in React Native
- Helped transition Houston Foodbank to AWS
Speaker
Pycon India
2017-05- Gave a presentation on a boilerplate I wrote that bridged that gap between Django and React using GraphQL.
- Traveled for a month in India's states of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
- Went to wedding in Kashmir
Software Developer
Pathlight
2017-05 2017-06