Nicholas Murray-ishihara is a software engineer with nine years of experience building ML infrastructure, distributed systems, and the applications that surround them. He’s shipped ML experimentation tooling and model-parallel platforms as a founding engineer at RapidFire AI and applied generative-AI workflows to healthcare at Quench to reduce clinician administrative burden. At Zipline he now focuses on the intersection of app software and hardware maintenance, having previously driven product work at Expensify, Samsara, and Eluvio. He combines backend systems expertise (distributed training, data platforms) with product-led delivery—leading features, integrations, and cross-functional launches. Based in San Diego, Nick also maintains an independent project, Bookshelf (getbookshelf.com), reflecting a persistent maker mentality beyond day-to-day work.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Newark Academy
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis
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Nicholas Murray-ishihara - Software Engineer at Zipline