Nick Smirnoff is a founder and seasoned software engineer with nine years of experience building secure, cloud-native platforms and identity solutions from Southampton, UK. He currently leads the Identity Server effort at PureGym, modernising authentication infrastructure with Duende, .NET, Kubernetes and Terraform while serving on the architectural council and an AI advocacy group. Previously he delivered security-focused cloud apps and internal frameworks at Netwrix and drove full‑stack platform work, mentoring juniors and introducing DevOps practices at Zupa. At Smiosoft he’s bootstrapping a platform to incubate multiple projects and pursue investment, blending hands-on engineering with product strategy. Known for finding vulnerabilities and improving developer experience, he combines practical security craftsmanship with curiosity about AI and systems architecture.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Science at University of Hull
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma Computer Science, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma Computer Science at Wilberforce College
Boilerplate for building React apps hosted with ASP.NET Core.
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