Summary
Nick Escobedo is a Director of Software Engineering with 11 years of experience scaling multi-tenant SaaS platforms, modernizing architectures, and building high-trust teams that own delivery end-to-end. Based in Chicago, he blends hands-on technical fluency—refactoring, CI/CD, and pragmatic architecture—with a manager’s focus on clear processes, thoughtful trade-offs, and continuous improvement. He has led product launches that expanded market reach, instituted testing and release pipelines to reduce defects, and improved developer velocity through tooling and workflow changes. Known for a “1% better” mindset, Nick continuously iterates on developer experience and team growth while staying curious—tinkering with tools, Bash scripts, and pixels in his spare time.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Management Computer Systems Information Technology Infrastructure, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Management Computer Systems Information Technology Infrastructure at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater