Nicholas Smith
Senior Java Software Engineer at Harmonic Security
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNicholas Smith is a Senior Java Software Engineer and technical architect with 11+ years driving large-scale re-architecture and cloud-native initiatives across media and finance. He has led teams to break monoliths into microservices, introduce containerization, and embed comprehensive test and CI/CD practices, most recently moving from a decade-long architect role at Dalet to a senior engineering role at Harmonic Security. Known for hands-on technical leadership, he blends solution evaluation with pragmatic delivery to align emerging technology choices to business outcomes. His background includes semantic web APIs and search platforms as well as high-traffic publishing sites, giving him a rare mix of data-centric and user-facing system experience. Based in London, he pairs deep Java expertise with a practical focus on developer workflows and incremental modernization. Colleagues value his ability to translate legacy constraints into clear, implementable roadmaps rather than abstract architectures.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at Bradford UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Bradford
English
Github Skills (200)
redistimeseries10
batching10
redis-sentinel10
redis-streams10
pika10
mapreduce10
spring-security10
graph-database10
haiku10
http-client10
publish10
ack10
sql-like10
slf4j10
commons10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dalet-oss/flex-scripting-examples
Jul 2020 - Nov 2022
To demonstrate how to write Flex scripts in an IDE environment
Contributions:4 reviews, 21 commits, 20 PRs in 2 years 4 months
ideflex
dalet-oss/metadata-extractor
Feb 2024 - Mar 2024
Extracts Exif, IPTC, XMP, ICC and other metadata from image, video and audio files
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 4 days
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