Nick Zaccardi
Senior Software Engineer at SpringBlock
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
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Top SchoolNick Zaccardi is a Senior Software Engineer and builder with 12 years of experience delivering backend services, cloud deployments, and developer tooling from Grand Forks, ND. He co-founded SpringBlock and currently engineers at Dispel, after serving as CTO at Thread and leading engineering efforts at Level 12 and Skosh Interactive. A hands-on Python specialist, he’s an active contributor to the Falcon web framework—improving JSON handling, compatibility, and deployment guidance—and routinely architects production stacks using Docker, uWSGI/Nginx, Ansible, and AWS. He combines product strategy and business development experience with day-to-day coding, helping teams ship reliable, performant systems. An unusual detail: his B.S. in Air Traffic Control informs a discipline for operational safety and clear procedural thinking in engineering.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Air Traffic Controller, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Air Traffic Controller at The University of North Dakota
Github Skills (15)
json10
api10
pytest10
rest10
wsgi10
python10
uwsgi9
nginx8
documentations8
documentation8
webpages7
asgi7
http7
microservices-application7
microservices7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
falconry/falcon
Dec 2018 - May 2019
The no-magic web API and microservices framework for Python developers, with an emphasis on reliability and performance at scale.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 6 commits, 18 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to bug fixes and feature enhancements within the Falcon framework, focusing on improving Python 2 compatibility and implementing custom JSON handling. Their work involved modifying core framework components, including the testing and media handling modules. Furthermore, they were involved in the creation of documentation, specifically a deployment guide for Nginx and uWSGI.
pythonmagicdata-planemicroservicecorrectness
level12/keg-bouncer
Dec 2015 - Mar 2019
A one-stop shop for authorization and authentication in Keg apps
Contributions:1 release, 11 PRs, 30 pushes in 3 years 4 months
authorizationstopauthenticationshopkeg
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