Nicholas Ng
Senior Software Engineer at Figma
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Ng is a Senior Software Engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with eight years of experience building scalable developer tools and consumer-facing platforms. After helping scale Roblox Studio to support millions of creators, he joined Figma to continue improving design and collaboration workflows at product scale. He emerged from UC Berkeley's CS program and a progressive teaching trajectory there, moving from tutor to Head TA, which reflects strong mentorship and communication skills alongside technical depth. Early internships, including Thumbtack, show a pattern of shipping practical features that improve user acquisition and operations. Known for tackling infrastructure and developer-experience problems, he combines systems thinking with hands-on implementation to deliver high-impact, reliable software.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
Github Skills (5)
edtech7
educational-technology5
css3
scheduler2
web-development2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
nickng589/nickng589.github.io
Dec 2019 - Feb 2026
Contributions:48 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 3 months
nickng589/Econscious
Oct 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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