Nick Larson
AI Product Engineer at Dropbox
United States
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Top SchoolNick Larson is a seasoned tech lead and entrepreneur with 14 years of experience building scalable web products and leading cross-organizational initiatives. Currently a Tech Lead at Dropbox and co-founder/CTO of AnyCreek, he blends product-focused engineering with startup grit to simplify how people experience the outdoors. His background spans high-traffic media platforms, legal marketplaces, and core sharing infrastructure at Dropbox, giving him deep expertise in systems that handle large scale media and collaboration workloads. A hands-on engineer early in his career, he contributed front-end open-source tooling like a popular Bootstrap "growl" notification plugin, demonstrating attention to UX and practical developer tooling. Based in the Minnesota Northwoods, he pairs engineering leadership with an outdoors-oriented entrepreneurial perspective that informs product decisions. He excels at turning complex, multiyear technical roadmaps into shipped features while keeping teams aligned and productive.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at North Dakota State University
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Github Skills (18)
javascript10
jquery10
bootstrap10
front-end-development10
bootstra10
css8
ui-design7
interface-design7
user-interface7
gsp6
routes6
spring-security6
grails6
grails-plugin6
groovy6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
longlostnick/bootstrap-growl
Aug 2012 - Jan 2018
Pretty simple jQuery plugin that turns standard Bootstrap alerts into "Growl-like" notifications.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:63 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily focused on developing and refining a jQuery plugin for creating growl-like notifications within Bootstrap projects. They implemented the initial JavaScript code, added minification via a Rakefile, and subsequently improved the plugin by allowing default Bootstrap alert styling. The user also enhanced the plugin's functionality with features like fade-in animations and the ability to specify the container element. Further work included fixing positioning issues and providing a demo file.
bootstrapjquery-plugin
ifightcrime/vimfiles
Sep 2011 - Feb 2018
Contributions:49 commits, 17 pushes in 6 years 6 months
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