Eric Nielsen
Senior Software Engineer at Virtasant
Ecuador
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Top SchoolEric Nielsen is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building and maintaining backend systems and DevOps infrastructure, currently based in Ecuador and working at Virtasant. He has a proven track record improving command-line tools and developer workflows, including notable contributions to ripgrep (a widely used fast search tool) where he refined argument handling, colorization, and interoperability with editors like vim. Eric blends hands-on backend engineering with infrastructure automation—having worked on FrameworkBenchmarks deployments across VirtualBox and Azure—and has a history of leading engineering efforts at multiple companies. His background includes thoughtful attention to usability and safety in open-source modules, such as hardening a Zsh git-info module against arbitrary code execution. Beyond engineering, Eric’s earlier training and roles in psychology inform a pragmatic, user-focused approach to problem solving and team collaboration. He’s comfortable navigating both low-level tooling details and higher-level deployment challenges, making him a versatile contributor across codebases and infra.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate, Postgraduate at Instituto de Psiquiatria do HC FMUSPPostgraduate, Postgraduate at Universidade Santo Amaro - UnisaPontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloCentro Universitário PaulistanoPostgraduate, Postgraduate at Universidade de Sorocaba
Portuguese, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (49)
cli10
application-framework10
git10
benchmark10
performance-monitor10
frameworkbenchmarks10
artifactory10
app-framework10
command-line-interface10
benchmarking10
microsoft-azure10
performance-analysis10
command-line10
web-framework10
azure10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
zimfw/zimfw
Sep 2016 - Dec 2022
Zim: Modular, customizable, and blazing fast Zsh framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:36 releases, 3 reviews, 321 commits in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily contributed to the Zim framework by simplifying configuration settings and addressing issues related to the Zsh configuration files. Their work included simplifying the prompt configuration, fixing prompt behavior after completing certain operations, and adding features like color variables for less. Additionally, they added and refactored the "git-info" module to expose Git repository information and fixed arbitrary code execution exposure within this module.
blazingzsh-plugin-managerzsh-configurationframeworkzsh-plugin
TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
Source for the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 5 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Eric demonstrated proficiency in DevOps by modifying infrastructure configuration files, specifically for Azure and Vagrant. They also contributed to backend aspects, as evidenced by merging code and updating configuration files and source code. This involved deploying the application on various platforms like VirtualBox and Azure. The user’s changes include code adjustments and dependency updates, highlighting their role in maintaining and improving the project's deployment infrastructure and application logic.
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