Summary
Nick Roberson is a software engineer with a decade of experience building production-grade backend and data infrastructure for AI-driven and operational systems, most recently contributing to Palantir after leading backend and data efforts at Atomwise. He has a track record of improving performance, reliability, and developer experience—delivering core microservices and data pipelines at Plenty that remain in use across factories and enabling AI drug discovery workflows at Atomwise. Comfortable with Docker, Bazel, remote execution platforms, Java and Python, he blends systems-level thinking with pragmatic product focus to move research-grade tooling into reliable production. Nick’s academic work on molecular programming and a custom IDE reveals a long-standing interest in making complex scientific workflows more modular and auditable. Based in New York and grounded in a liberal arts CS education from Grinnell, he thrives on cross-functional collaboration and automating traceability across distributed systems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science with Honors, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science with Honors at Grinnell College
International Baccalaureate Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma at George Mason High School
Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at Aquincum Institute of Technology
Spanish, English, Hungarian