Nathan Kooistra
Senior Staff Software Engineer at SmartThings
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Kooistra is a Senior Staff Software Engineer based in Minneapolis with a decade of professional experience building reliable, customer-facing systems. He has progressed through multiple engineering tiers at SmartThings since 2017, now shaping architecture and delivery as a senior technical leader. His background includes long tenures in regulated and product-driven environments (Boston Scientific, Identifix) that honed a pragmatic approach to quality and maintainability. Nathan pairs advanced academic training (MS Computer Science, University of Minnesota) with hands-on expertise in driving cross-functional teams to ship complex features. Known for steady career growth within the same product domain, he brings institutional knowledge and a talent for evolving platforms without sacrificing stability.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at University of MinnesotaBS Computer Science Math, BS Computer Science Math at Hope College
English
Github Skills (20)
smartapp10
open-source10
upnp10
internet-of-things10
smartthings10
zwave10
zigbee10
grails8
windows6
browser6
linux6
macos5
chromium5
groovy5
ios4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nathankooistra/SmartThingsPublic
Oct 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:10 pushes, 7 branches in 6 months
smartthingsiot
nathankooistra/ratpack-cassandra
Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
Contributions:7 pushes, 10 branches in 1 day
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