Summary
Nicholas Mills is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building and operating data-intensive, enterprise web applications across front-end and back-end stacks. He’s turned a hobbyist’s curiosity into a career—contributing to open-source projects and side builds while shipping production systems at scale for teams like Culture Amp and Deliveroo. Nicholas has deep experience with React, Ruby on Rails, CI/CD, and large-scale data ingestion (APIs, Kafka, lakes) and has worked on an internal acquisition-driven analytics platform that consolidated disparate data for actionable insights. Known for clear communication, ownership of team culture, and a preference for understanding the “why” behind solutions, he regularly collaborates across offices and disciplines. Unusually for an engineer with an accounting background, he combines commercial literacy with a developer’s toolkit, making him adept at translating business needs into robust technical outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
VCE Premier's Award - Information Technology
Dux of Information Technology - Proxime Accessit, VCE Premier's Award - Information Technology
Dux of Information Technology - Proxime Accessit at Trinity Grammar School, Kew
The University of Melbourne