Nicholas Romero
Houston, TX
Full-stack software engineer with experience architecting, deploying and supporting technical solutions. Including automation of tasks, quality assurance, uptime reliability and cloud migrations. Speaker at PyCon India and other community meetups.
Software Developer
Pathlight
2017-05 2017-06
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 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
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.
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 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.
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.