Summary
Nick H is a Senior Software Engineer based in the Greater Seattle Area with nine years of professional experience building scalable web platforms and front-end experiences. He currently helps modernize Microsoft Learn with Node.js-backed services, guiding infrastructure and deployment practices while accelerating onboarding and feature delivery. Previously as Principal Architect at Tagboard he designed a 45+ microservice ecosystem, public APIs handling 100M+ monthly requests, and developer tooling that sped iteration for both frontend and backend teams. His background spans full-stack web, real-time systems, and developer-facing SDKs, informed by early work creating a custom PHP MVC framework and consumer iOS apps. Comfortable switching hats between front-end craftsmanship and backend architecture, he brings a pragmatic focus on observability, performance, and developer productivity. Outside formal titles, his trajectory from 3D/game art to architecture hints at a design-minded engineer who values craft, tooling, and rapid iteration.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer