Nick von Pentz
Software Engineer at Brightwave
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick von Pentz is a backend software engineer in Brooklyn with 11 years of experience building large-scale, production systems spanning C++, Go, Python and data pipelines. He led backend work for Brave’s Browser AI and Web3 efforts—shipping features to 80M+ users, deploying open-source LLMs on Kubernetes with vLLM, and building an AI chat server that uses RAG for up-to-date context. His antifraud work consolidated tens of billions of records into a central warehouse and a rules-based classification framework that helped prevent roughly $100M in fraud. He also contributed to the Brave Wallet in the flagship brave-core repo by adding telemetry and unit-tested observers to track wallet behavior. Currently at Brightwave, he blends systems-level browser and crypto experience with machine learning infrastructure to deliver reliable, data-driven backend services.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science at Wesleyan UniversitySidwell Friends School
Github Skills (8)
unit-testing10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
telemetry10
standard-library9
core-library9
mojo9
common-library9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
brave/brave-core
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Core engine for the Brave browser for mobile and desktop. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:352 reviews, 177 commits, 196 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Nick contributed to the Brave Wallet by adding P3A telemetry to track user behavior and preferences related to wallet settings. This involved creating a new class, `BraveWalletP3A`, that implemented observers for wallet and keyring services, which then collected data on key events. The user also added unit tests to verify the behavior of these new telemetry features, ensuring accurate tracking of settings changes and keyring creation events.
browserwindowsbrave-browserlinuxandroid
nvonpentz/publishers
Nov 2017 - Dec 2020
Publisher interface for Brave Payments
Contributions:486 pushes, 212 branches, 1 issue in 3 years 1 month
paymentsstripepayment-gatewaybillingbrave
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