Nick Platt
Senior Software Engineer at Spotify
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Platt is a Senior Software Engineer based in New York with 14 years building backend and mobile systems, currently focused on infrastructure and orchestration at Spotify. He has deep systems experience—from implementing native MySQL partition handlers and high-performance C++ services to contributing backend improvements to Spotify’s Helios Docker orchestration project, including auth, rollout controls, and robust logging. Nick blends hands-on low-level engineering with pragmatic DevOps design, having architected scalable metrics pipelines and performance optimizations in production environments. He sharpened his systems foundations during a Recurse Center sabbatical where he implemented a Raft consensus algorithm and a minimal OS kernel, reflecting a persistent interest in distributed systems internals.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The Recurse CenterBachelor of Science, Mathematics, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Computer Software Engineering at Indiana Wesleyan University
Github Skills (14)
javas10
authentication10
user-authentication10
container10
docker10
orchestration10
dockers10
java10
apidoc9
zookeeper9
logging9
api9
google-cloud-platform8
gcp8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
spotify/helios
Aug 2017 - Oct 2018
Docker container orchestration platform
Role in this project:
Backend Engineer
Backend EngineerContributions:11 commits, 26 PRs, 30 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to the backend of the Helios project, with a focus on improving the deployment and orchestration platform. They implemented support for authentication using access tokens, added logging for rolling-update failures, and modified job configurations to include rollout options. Furthermore, the user addressed several bugs and improved existing features related to job management and deployment group timeouts. They also improved volume management and CLI help documentation.
containersorchestrationcontainer-orchestrationdockerdocker-container
caipre/mezzo
Mar 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:34 commits, 23 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 2 months
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