Nathan Heskia
Senior Software Engineer at Vanta
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolNathan Heskia is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building backend systems and APIs for high-scale cloud and SaaS products, currently focused on AI product development at Vanta in San Francisco. He holds a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from UT Austin and has practical machine learning and networking coursework, giving him a strong foundation for data-driven engineering. Nathan designed and shipped core APIs and deployment tooling at AWS for Amazon Athena, improved streaming throughput by 20%, and has built billing and subscription systems at Sentry and imgix. He excels at translating cross-functional business needs into reliable backend services, having partnered with finance, sales, and data teams to operationalize revenue and checkout workflows. Known for pragmatic optimization and launch expertise, he’s comfortable guiding region launches and synchronizing distributed systems across teams. Outside typical backend work, his mix of math, ML education, and hands-on cloud experience suggests an eye for both algorithmic and operational improvements.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinComputer Networking, Computer Networking at Bradfield School of Computer SciencePractical Machine Learning, Practical Machine Learning at UC Berkeley Extension
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Github Skills (34)
monitoring10
error-logging10
sentry10
monitor10
python10
django10
apm10
crash-reports10
performance-monitoring10
devops10
imgix9
srcset8
src8
gatsbyjs7
time-complexity6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nathan-heskia/sentry
Aug 2019 - Oct 2020
Sentry is cross-platform application monitoring, with a focus on error reporting.
Contributions:118 pushes, 17 branches in 1 year 1 month
sentryreportingapplication-platformerror-reportingcross-platform
nathan-heskia/snuba
Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
Search the seas for your lost treasure.
Contributions:20 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
losttreasureseas
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