Nicholas Papacostas
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Papacostas is a full-stack software engineer with 13 years of professional experience and over eight years specializing in Elixir, Ruby on Rails, and modern JavaScript. He has held senior and lead roles at companies including Tubi and Bowery Farming, shipping production systems and guiding teams through medium-to-large scale web application projects. Nicholas contributed front-end and server-side work to The Guardian’s image management system (guardian/grid), adding complex lease-management UIs and integrations that improved batch workflows and image display. Comfortable across the stack, he combines production-focused UI work with back-end configuration and deployment changes, and has a track record of remote contract work and mentoring. Trained with a Master’s in Software Engineering from Oxford and dual bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science and Political Science, he brings both technical rigor and a broader perspective on product impact. Based in New York, he blends hands-on coding with leadership—often tackling nuanced UI interactions and infrastructure tweaks that quietly reduce operational friction.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Political Science and Government, Bachelor's degree Political Science and Government at American UniversityMaster's degree Software Engineering, Master's degree Software Engineering at University of Oxford
English, Greek
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Github Skills (9)
javascript10
image-management10
front-end-development10
angularjs9
html9
css9
batch-processing8
back-end-development6
backend6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
guardian/grid
Nov 2015 - Dec 2016
The Guardian’s image management system
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:50 commits, 101 PRs, 139 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Nicholas primarily focused on front-end development, particularly within the "kahuna" directory, implementing new leases UI functionality and features. This included creating a new leases component, integrating date range selection, and implementing features for batch lease application and removal. Furthermore, the user made adjustments to existing UI components, resolving issues related to lease management and image display, and making corresponding adjustments to the CSS and HTML. The user also made several changes to the server side configuration and settings to support the frontend changes.
management-systemproductionguardianimage-management
NickPapacostas/j-slow
Jan 2016 - Sep 2020
Contributions:49 pushes, 2 branches, 1 issue in 4 years 8 months
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