Nick Howell
Principal Software Engineer at BAE Systems, Inc.
Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Howell is a Principal Software Engineer with 16 years of experience building reliable enterprise software across logistics, aerospace, and defense, currently leading engineering efforts at BAE Systems in Ohio. He combines hands-on backend development and QA discipline—demonstrated by Laravel framework fixes and tests—with a knack for clear technical communication, having improved documentation for the popular Phaser.js game framework. Nick rose through roles from IT support and web development to senior engineering positions, bringing pragmatic leadership and deep institutional knowledge of large-scale systems. He holds a BBA in Management Information Systems and is known for quietly improving developer experience through better docs and well-tested bug fixes that reduce operational friction.
16 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Business Administration Management Information Systems, Bachelors of Business Administration Management Information Systems at Indiana University EastAssociates of Science Business, Associates of Science Business at Edison State Community College
English
Github Skills (16)
documentation10
testing10
url-routing10
database-management10
php10
phaser10
javascript10
game-development10
typos10
laravel10
laravel-mix10
html9
unit-testing9
application-framework9
app-framework9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
laravel/framework
Oct 2015 - Oct 2016
Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:9 commits, 10 PRs, 33 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to the Laravel framework by fixing bugs and enhancing existing features. Their work included resolving issues related to resource routing, specifically addressing inconsistencies between PUT/PATCH routes. They also addressed bugs in file uploads and database connection handling. Furthermore, the user added tests and fixed existing ones, focusing on routing and database connection behaviors.
laravelphpframework
phaserjs/phaser
Feb 2014 - Feb 2014
Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:13 commits in 8 days
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to documentation improvements within the Phaser.js framework. Their commits focused on fixing various typos and inconsistencies in method and property descriptions across different components, including keys, buttons, groups, points, input handlers, lines, math, graphics, bitmap text, tween manager, and world objects. This work enhanced the clarity and accuracy of the API documentation.
2d-gamemobile-webphaserrenderingwebgl
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