Nathan Straus
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Straus is a Software Engineer II with eight years of experience building back-end systems for high-traffic production environments, currently focused on ingesting, storing, and serving images and video on Microsoft's Asset Management Platform. He brings proven e-commerce and retail platform experience from multiple roles at Nordstrom, where he progressed from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer before joining Microsoft. Based in Seattle, he combines pragmatic engineering with attention to operational scalability and media delivery performance. His background in computer science from Colgate and hands-on customer-facing roles earlier in his career give him a practical user-centered perspective on systems design. Colleagues describe him as steady under load, able to translate complex ingestion and storage requirements into reliable, production-ready services.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Science at Colgate UniversityHigh School, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program, High School, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program at Bellevue CollegeSummer Program, Computer Software and Media Applications, Summer Program, Computer Software and Media Applications at Horizons School of TechnologyHigh School, High School Certificate of Competence Program, High School, High School Certificate of Competence Program at Cedarcrest High SchoolStudy Abroad Program, Study Abroad Program at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
English, French, Welsh, Japanese
Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
nstraus/clubDash
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:18 PRs, 36 pushes, 13 branches in 17 days
nstraus/OogleDocs
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 9 branches in 2 days
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