Summary
Nico Pache is a Principal Software Engineer based in Denver with eight years of hands-on experience maintaining and improving the Linux kernel at Red Hat, where he progressed from research intern to principal engineer. He specializes in kernel performance, memory management, and high‑priority customer escalations—having resolved HPC low‑latency slowdowns through deep kernel tracing that helped secure a major contract renewal. Nico blends systems-level expertise with CI and automation work, contributing upstream and downstream fixes and leading cross-team efforts to improve testing and developer workflows. He has practical experience applying ML to developer tooling and unikernel performance research, and his background ranges from building data intake systems and web tooling to creating productivity extensions for large-scale operations. Known for turning complex debugging into durable solutions, he pairs academic training in computer engineering with a pragmatic, customer-focused engineering approach.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Senior, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Senior at Boston University
English, Spanish