Ian Nicholas
Principal Engineer at Razorbill Software
Pownal, Maine, United States
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Top SchoolIan Nicholas is a Principal Engineer with 11 years of experience building user-focused web applications and analytics tooling, currently leading engineering at Hanna Andersson while also running his own consultancy, Razorbill Software. He brings deep front-end expertise from roles at Blackhawk Network and CashStar, combined with back-end and data-focused work shaping reporting and visualization features at 1Password. Ian has a track record of designing end-to-end encrypted usage reporting and shipping production-ready React, Django, and Flask systems for both B2B and B2C products. Based in rural New Hampshire, he pairs a creative writing BA with pragmatic engineering, which helps him craft clear technical narratives and product-focused solutions. He’s comfortable moving between hands-on implementation and technical leadership, and often bridges design, data, and security concerns in product teams. Unusually for a principal engineer, he balances corporate leadership with active consulting and founding work, signaling strong entrepreneurial initiative.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing and English, Bachelor of Arts, Creative Writing and English at Southern New Hampshire University
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Github Skills (13)
reward10
protect9
norm9
translate8
python-scripts7
raspberry7
django6
python5
raspberry-pi4
javascript3
ajax3
react2
resource-management2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nchls/pi-coop
Jun 2020 - Aug 2022
Django app and Python scripts for managing a chicken coop with a Raspberry Pi
Contributions:65 commits, 35 PRs, 70 pushes in 2 years 2 months
raspberry-pipythonchickencoopchicken-coop
MainersMatter/pledge2protect
Mar 2020 - Apr 2021
Goals: - 1. Socially norm and reward social distancing; - 2. translate pledge into actions to protect the vulnerable; and - 3. meet basic human needs (connect Mainers and connect resources to Mainers)
Contributions:3 reviews, 144 commits, 84 PRs in 1 year
protectgoalsvulnerablenormreward
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