Nicholas Cellino is a Senior Software Engineer II with 11 years of experience building backend systems and cloud-native infrastructure, currently leading engineering for HashiCorp’s HCP Access Control team. He has deep hands-on expertise integrating complex APIs and distributed systems—evidenced by his upstream contributions to HashiCorp Consul, where he implemented HCP Link resources, access levels, and management token workflows. Nicholas combines startup agility (co-founding One Link Ventures and building reusable CloudFormation templates) with enterprise-grade reliability from roles at HashiCorp and ACV Auctions. He holds an MS in Computer Science from the University at Buffalo and often blends systems design, API-driven integrations, and pragmatic automation to move projects from prototype to production.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University at Buffalo
Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:75 reviews, 14 PRs, 145 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas's commits primarily focus on enhancing the HCP (HashiCorp Cloud Platform) integration within the Consul project, specifically for the "Link" resource. They implemented the Link resource type and its associated controller, including validation, testing, and resource API integration. The user added new features, such as the addition of access levels to the HCP link and the creation of management tokens, demonstrating a strong understanding of backend systems and API integration within the context of the Consul project.
Contributions:21 commits, 2 PRs, 24 pushes in 7 years 10 months
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Nicholas Cellino - Senior Software Engineer II at HashiCorp