Eric Nicholson
Site Reliability Engineering Manager at Google
Cary, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Nicholson is a pragmatic site reliability engineering manager with over a decade of experience designing and evolving distributed systems for resiliency, flexibility, and scale. Currently leading SRE at Google, he brings a hands-on engineering background from senior roles at Genesys, NetApp, and Interactive Intelligence where he combined architecture, performance optimization, and team leadership. He builds teams grounded in trust, kindness, and diverse perspectives while still diving into code—authoring TypeScript NPM modules, AWS Lambda microservices, and tackling thorny performance bottlenecks. Eric’s approach balances operational rigor with developer empathy, translating complex requirements into practical, production-ready solutions. Based in Cary, NC, he pairs technical depth with a creative streak—often unwinding with his Telecaster and a splash of bourbon—reflecting a leader who values craft both on and off the keyboard.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Appalachian State University
Github Skills (35)
typescript10
typescript-definitions9
dts9
mongodb8
nodejs8
modeling7
odm6
orm6
sdk6
python6
asynchronous6
aws5
testing5
javascript5
codeception5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
enicholson/DefinitelyTyped
Oct 2015 - Dec 2019
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 1 month
type-definitionshigh-qualitydefinitionstypescriptquality
enicholson/aws-sdk-typescript
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 8 days
javascriptaws-sdk-javascriptsdknodejsaws
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