Summary
Nicholas Kernan is a software engineer at Capital One with nine years of hands-on experience building systems in Java, Python, C++ and Go, and practical cloud expertise across AWS and Kubernetes. A Case Western Reserve alumnus with both BS and MS in Computer Science, he bridges academic research—measuring global DNS performance and orchestrating diverse probes—with production engineering in CI/CD, caching, and API development. His background includes robotic path planning with ROS and real-world calibration work, showing a knack for translating algorithms into dependable hardware and software solutions. Comfortable teaching complex networking concepts to students, he pairs clear technical communication with a pragmatic approach to testing and automation. Nick still thinks coding feels like solving puzzles, which drives his focus on elegant, well-tested systems that scale.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Solon High School
Bachelor's degree and Master's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree and Master's degree, Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University