Nicolas Li
Founding Software Engineer at The Forecasting Company
France
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolas Li is a founding software engineer with 9 years of experience building data-driven, cloud-native platforms for logistics and forecasting. He helped scale Ovrsea from early-product analytics to leading its engineering organization, driving automation of pricing, ETL pipelines, and prediction models using React, GraphQL, Node, Python and AWS Serverless. Now at The Forecasting Company, he continues to blend hands-on engineering with team-building to deliver production ML and forecasting systems. Trained as an ingénieur from École Polytechnique and EPFL, he pairs strong quantitative instincts with practical product delivery. His background ranges from experimental fluid dynamics research to solar firmware analytics, reflecting an unusual mix of physical-science rigor and software craftsmanship. Colleagues describe him as a thoughtful leader who prioritizes code quality, continuous learning and personal care in high-performing teams.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ingénieur Polytechnicien Program Mechanical Engineering, Ingénieur Polytechnicien Program Mechanical Engineering at École PolytechniqueBaccaluréat S, Baccaluréat S at Lycée La ProvidenceMaster's degree Mechanical Engineering, Master's degree Mechanical Engineering at EPFLPhysics & Maths, Physics & Maths at Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
French, English, Chinese
Github Skills (112)
postgresql10
azure-functions10
code-generation10
serverless10
schema10
code-generator10
javascript10
browser10
codegen10
lambda10
resolvers10
cloud-services10
data-mapper10
database10
sqlite10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Nicoowr/chinese-flashcards
Aug 2024 - May 2026
Contributions:1 review, 31 PRs, 72 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Nicoowr/chords-exercises
Jun 2023 - Jun 2026
Contributions:24 PRs, 27 pushes, 28 branches in 3 years
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