Summary
Nico Sy is a Senior Developer based in Cebu City with over 15 years of engineering experience and six years in senior roles, blending embedded firmware expertise with modern full-stack development. He has shipped production C/C++ firmware and imaging/ROI algorithms for barcode scanners and edge devices, then pivoted to Java, C#, and web stacks—demonstrating rare cross-domain fluency from low-level embedded Linux/Yocto work to Spring, .NET, and React-based systems. An award-winning inventor, he designs reliable, user-focused systems and has ported MATLAB prototypes to performant SDKs and optimized OpenCL/OpenCV pipelines for real-time imaging. Comfortable leading small teams, Nico pairs hands-on coding with mentoring and system design, often bridging hardware constraints and cloud-ready services. He brings a practical penchant for proofs-of-concept that turned into shipping features, making him adept at turning research ideas into production-ready software.
6 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS Electronics and Communications Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, BS Electronics and Communications Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT)
English, Filipino