Nicholas Orr
Engineering Team Member at Couchdrop
Christchurch Metropolitan Area New Zealand
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Top SchoolNicholas Orr is a solutions-driven software engineer and architect with 18 years’ experience building cloud-native infrastructure and developer platforms across IT, finance, transport, mining and education. He specialises in AWS-focused infrastructure as code, CI/CD, containerisation and observability, consistently delivering scalable, compliant systems that improve team velocity and reliability. At Verizon Connect he progressed through hands-on DevOps and principal architect roles, and now contributes to cloud-native secure file transfer at Couchdrop, blending product-minded engineering with operational rigor. Known for mentoring cross-functional teams and instilling a DevOps culture, he pairs deep technical craft with practical governance to enable teams to own production. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, he brings a unique perspective from early desktop and helpdesk roles to senior cloud architecture—helpful for empathising with developer and operator pain points alike.
18 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Landmark
Stackoverflow
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1kreached
1answer
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Github Skills (200)
end-to-end-encryption10
xmlhttprequest10
pgp10
http10
cryptocurrency10
torrent10
currency10
keybase10
http-server10
bittorrent10
privacy10
ethereum10
jetpack9
acme9
linux-distro9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
turtlecoin/testnet
May 2018 - Dec 2018
TurtleCoin Testnet
Contributions:2 PRs, 64 pushes, 9 branches in 7 months
ethereumcryptocurrencytestnetturtlecoin
MagnitudeCMS/magnitudecms
Feb 2008 - Oct 2012
Contributions:94 commits in 4 years 8 months
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