Nicholas H
Software Engineer at Atlassian
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas H is a software engineer with eight years of experience building cloud-native streaming and data systems, currently at Atlassian after a multi-year tenure at Microsoft in Seattle. He helped design and implement Event Hubs features including an “infinite retention” option and a Schema Registry that cut customer and operational costs by tens of thousands annually and improved processing efficiency by over 30%. Comfortable across backend, SDK, and tooling work, he has led JWT auth refactors in .NET and built server-side compressors to boost throughput. A Penn State alum and former Google Cloud Student Innovator, he blends rigorous cloud platform experience with a history of shipping impactful intern and startup projects. Nicholas pairs pragmatic engineering with cost-conscious design—his work has directly translated into millions in potential customer savings and measurable runtime improvements.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School Diploma High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at De La Salle High SchoolBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Penn State University
Github Skills (28)
microsoft10
swagger10
microsoft-azure10
api10
sdk10
rest10
rest-api10
azure10
openapi10
dotnet9
location-services9
avro9
java9
azure-functions9
csharp9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nickghardwick/map-tracker
Mar 2020 - May 2022
Mobile app that records and saves a location path of user's phone
Contributions:82 commits, 27 PRs, 41 pushes in 2 years 2 months
recordsphonereact-nativeandroidmobile-app
nickghardwick/react-reporter
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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