Summary
Nicholas Fernandes is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years building cloud-native and embedded systems, currently driving Rancher Manager’s Helm chart release process at SUSE for infrastructure that handles hundreds of millions of daily requests and serves 60% of Forbes 500 clients. He specializes in Go, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform and GitHub Actions, combining automation of complex release pipelines with hands-on cluster deployment and post-release monitoring. Nicholas has a strong backend footprint across Node.js, TypeScript, SQL and GCP, and a history in embedded C and IoT protocols, which gives him a rare full-stack view from device firmware to production Kubernetes platforms. He’s practiced in test-driven development and operational reliability, routinely writing integration tests and documentation while coordinating international teams. Colleagues rely on him to ensure high-availability features are ship-ready and resilient at scale, and he often leverages infrastructure-as-code to iterate clusters and validate releases rapidly.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
nano degree Full Stack Web Development, nano degree Full Stack Web Development at Udacity
Major in engineering Control and automation engineering, Major in engineering Control and automation engineering at Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações - Inatel
English, Portuguese