Nick Poulden
Senior Engineer at Backpack
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Poulden is a Senior Engineer based in Boulder, Colorado with 18 years of experience building full-stack web applications and developer tooling. He blends front-end expertise in React and Redux with backend Node.js, server management and rapid iteration, and has pushed into blockchain stacks at Origin Protocol working with Solidity, GraphQL and IPFS. Nick has held senior roles from UI Architect at Palo Alto Networks to leading engineering efforts and building SDKs and documentation at Sencha, demonstrating both product-facing polish and technical leadership. His open-source contributions include refactoring and architectural improvements to tooling like a JavaScript "Duckumentation" generator and adding Redux-driven UI enhancements to a high-profile decentralized marketplace repo. Comfortable shipping end-to-end systems, he often focuses on clean architecture and pragmatic migrations—evidenced by MVC conversions and state-management overhauls. He pairs an entrepreneurial mindset from running his own shop with formal CS training from the University of Warwick.
18 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Leighton ParkBachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at University of Warwick
Github Skills (15)
extjs10
state-management10
uid10
mvc10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
redux10
parsing9
parse9
parser9
document-generation8
documentation8
documents8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
OriginProtocol/origin
Apr 2018 - May 2020
Monorepo for our developer tools and decentralized marketplace application
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:365 commits, 1002 PRs, 1486 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Nick's commits focused on front-end development within the Origin Protocol marketplace repository. They added Redux for state management, cleaned up warnings, and modified the ListingsGrid, ListingDetail, MyPurchaseCard, ListingCreate, src/Store.js, and src/reducers/Listings.js. These changes included implementing the new Redux state managment and refactoring the styling and code to provide the functionality requested. The commits demonstrated a focus on UI modifications, code cleanup, and integration of Redux for the application.
marketplacemonoreporeactdappethereum
senchalabs/jsduck
Apr 2011 - Sep 2011
Simple JavaScript Duckumentation generator.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:14 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Nick contributed to the development of the JavaScript Duckumentation generator. They added new fields to the code for author and alternate class names. Their work included modifications to the parser, merger, and aggregator files. Additionally, they initiated a conversion to an MVC structure, suggesting a focus on improving the application's architecture.
javascript
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