Alyssa Nickow
Software Engineer at Nova Credit
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolAlyssa Nickow is a software engineer with nine years of experience building full-stack web applications and infrastructure, currently contributing at Nova Credit in Chicago. She combines hands-on coding across Python, C#, MEAN stack and API work with a data-informed, test-driven approach that improves product quality and team processes. Her background includes fintech and consumer finance at Chime and NextCapital, where she led production support tooling and test infrastructure, and earlier work delivering admin dashboards and bulk APIs to streamline school onboarding. Before transitioning into software she led schools as a principal and instructional leader, giving her a rare blend of technical skill and experience in stakeholder-driven product design for social impact and education. Colleagues describe her as a strategic problem solver who leverages user feedback and metrics to reduce support load and accelerate shipping.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
On Site Bootcamp, Python, MEAN, C#/.NET, On Site Bootcamp, Python, MEAN, C#/.NET at Coding DojoBachelor of Arts, Psychology, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology at The George Washington UniversityM.A.T., Elementary Education, M.A.T., Elementary Education at National Louis UniversityEducation Administration License, Education Administration, Education Administration License, Education Administration at New Leaders - Aspiring Principal's Program
Github Skills (11)
django4
angular4
ngrx3
css3
react3
react-native2
typescript2
javascript2
api2
python2
blockchain1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ANickow/ninja_gold
Jul 2017 - Nov 2023
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 5 months
ANickow/Project_Week
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Project Week #1 - TixPix
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
reactweek-1react-nativecssjavascript
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