Nicholas Russell
Software Engineer at Macquarie Group
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Russell is a software engineer with nine years’ experience modernizing systems and driving measurable business outcomes, currently at Macquarie Group. He has a strong data and cloud engineering background, having led Python microservices to replace monoliths, restructured 46 repositories into one CI/CD-friendly codebase, and cut cloud costs by 70% while improving API responsiveness by up to 91%. At EY he built high-accuracy spatial algorithms and PySpark streaming platforms, and earlier work at the Australian Bureau of Statistics delivered dramatic process automation that slashed manual effort from hours to minutes. Comfortable liaising with senior stakeholders and technology risk in regulated environments, he blends hands-on coding (Python, TypeScript, JS) with practical operational improvements. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and Resource & Land Management from ANU and has a track record of designing solutions that reduce developer toil as well as runtime costs.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityBachelor of Applied Finance (incomplete), Accounting and Finance, Bachelor of Applied Finance (incomplete), Accounting and Finance at Macquarie UniversityHigher School Certificate, Higher School Certificate at St Mary's Cathedral College
Github Skills (20)
banking7
api4
api-specification3
api-documentation3
specification3
openapi3
swagger3
git-repo2
hash2
prometheus-exporter1
monitoring1
git1
kubernetes1
setuptools1
version-control1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nicholas-russell/anudegreeapp
Nov 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:65 commits, 2 PRs, 38 pushes in 2 months
nicholas-russell/uprs
May 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 month
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