Summary
Erik Nelson is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling cloud-native platforms and teams, currently serving as Director of Engineering at Swiftline Corp in Raleigh. Previously he led engineering efforts around OpenShift and Kubernetes at Red Hat, blending deep platform expertise with hands-on management of distributed systems. His career spans fintech and startup environments, from Barclays Capital and the Federal Reserve summer program to full-stack development at BobbyPin, giving him a rare combination of operational rigor and product-facing delivery. Known for practical, team-first leadership, he brings a taste for technical detail (and breakfast sandwiches) to architecting reliable, production-grade systems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Boston University