Nicholas Padilla
Co-Founder at Kinotic
Henderson, Nevada, United States
Summary
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SeniorNicholas Padilla is a pragmatic software architect and co-founder with 14 years of hands-on experience building cloud, embedded, and big-data systems across C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP, and Ruby. He has a proven track record delivering secure streaming, log monitoring, and metrics integrations—contributing Logstash plugins that tied into GraphTastic and helped establish real-time observability workflows before Grafana’s rise. Comfortable leading new projects, he repeatedly bridges enterprise needs and pragmatic engineering, from Eclipse RCP POS systems to scalable ETL and synchronization solutions. A lifelong learner who targets a new technology every few months, he pairs deep implementation skills with a habit of monthly design conversations to refine software management practices. Based in Henderson, NV, he mixes entrepreneurial drive with an open-source mindset, favoring the best solution over the comfort of “knowing it all.”
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (10)
javas10
jruby10
java10
rmi9
logging9
rest-api9
udp9
streaming8
tcp8
etl-framework8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
elastic/logstash
Feb 2012 - May 2012
Logstash - transport and process your logs, events, or other data
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas contributed significantly to the `graphtastic` output plugin within the Logstash project. Their work focused on integrating Logstash with the GraphTastic metrics application. This involved implementing various integration methods like UDP, RMI, REST, and TCP, and managing the sending of metrics. The user also addressed issues, added features, and refactored the plugin code for better readability.
eventsstreamingloggingetl-frameworklogstash
NickPadilla/SpringJPA2Template
Jan 2012 - Jun 2012
Contributions:2 commits in 4 months
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