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Matt Nicolls

Matt Nicolls

Digital Product Creator, Software Engineer

Austria, Mieming, Tyrol, AT
+1 630 825 5499, +43 681 1066 4204

Background


About

About

Experienced software engineer with a proven record of developing and launching digital products. Skilled in full-stack development, user experience enhancement, and team leadership. Expertise in building scalable solutions and driving project success from start to finish.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Software Engineer, Fountain Life (previously LifeOmic)

    Oct, 2021 - Aug, 20242 years 9 months

    • Led member experience epics by architecting fullstack solutions and communicating them to the team, resulting in the successful launch of a luxury mobile app in 4 months and continuous improvements thereafter.

    • Ensured the stability and security of critical systems in a HIPAA-compliant environment by triaging and resolving production issues during on call rotation, leading to improved incident response times and organizational learning through detailed postmortems.

    • Enhanced reliability and user experience by implementing unit and end-to-end testing with Jest, Detox, and Playwright, resulting in more robust code quality and fewer production issues.

    • Technologies used: React, Typescript, NodeJS, Docker, Terraform, AWS, and Jenkins.

  • Co-founder, Traviqo

    Oct, 2021 - May, 20231 year 6 months

    • Developed an MVP in 6 months during personal time while managing a full-time job, resulting in 1,500 sign-ups and valuable market feedback.

    • Conducted over 100 user interviews to map travel-related user journeys, leading to the identification of design flaws and a strategic pivot away from the original idea, supported by insights gained during a Dutch market readiness program.

    • Technologies used: React, Typscript, NodeJS, Github Actions, and Firebase.

  • Senior Software Engineer, in case of law

    Oct, 2020 - Oct, 20211 year

    • Launched a platform connecting SMEs with legal professionals within 9 months, resulting in the engagement of 3 lawyers and 20 cases after 3 months, by independently architecting and developing the platform and accompanying marketing site.

    • Technologies used: React, Typscript, NodeJS, Github Actions, and Firebase.

  • Lead Software Engineer, The MoonVision GmbH

    Jan, 2018 - Sep, 20202 years 8 months

    • Delivered a computer vision platform that efficiently handled model training and image processing, demonstrated by capabilities such as extracting images from videos, real-time image labeling in under 300 ms, and an active learning labeling tool, by independently architecting and building the frontend, backend, and deployment before expanding the team.

    • Technologies used: React, Javascript, Python, Django Rest Framework, Dask, CircleCI, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.

  • Software Engineer, Gridspace

    Oct, 2014 - Feb, 20172 years 4 months

    • Built core web conferencing platform functionality, with features like screen sharing, hidden markov model participant voice tracking, and audio search powered by Elastic Search, by contributing to both frontend and backend development.

    • Implemented automatic speech recognition (ASR) capabilities and created demo applications, as demonstrated by their successful use in showcasing the technology’s potential, by designing and developing the solutions from concept to demonstration.

    • Technologies used: React, Javascript, Python, Django, AWS, Celery, and RabbitMQ.

Skills

Skills

  • Frontend Development

    React.js

    React Native

    Typescript

    Jest

    Expo

    Detox

    Playwright

  • Backend Development

    Python

    Django

    Node.js

    Typescript

    Jest

  • DevOps

    Docker

    AWS

    Google Cloud Platform

    Kubernetes

    Terraform

    CircleCI

Education

Education

  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Dec, 2010 - Dec, 2014