Nicolas Papp
Director Of Engineering at Theodosian, Inc
Alta Gracia, Córdoba, Argentina
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolas Papp is a pragmatic engineering leader and Director of Engineering with 11 years of experience building backend systems, primarily in Python, across cybersecurity, fintech, and telecoms. He has driven measurable business impact—most notably improving a cash-advance repayment rate from 89% to 96%, saving roughly $70K/month—and led end-to-end features like Shop Now Pay Later Shopify integrations. Technically versatile, he pairs backend expertise with hands-on frontend, QA (BDD/Selenium), and DevOps work, and has shipped C/C++ integrations for security platforms and DSP simulations. An active open-source contributor, he’s improved analysis, reporting, and GCP integrations in notable projects such as freqtrade and Wazuh. Based in Alta Gracia, Argentina, he thrives in startup environments where cross-functional ownership and rapid delivery are required. He’s particularly interested in roles at the intersection of cybersecurity, finance, and crypto, bringing both technical depth and product-minded execution.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
English, Spanish
Github Skills (21)
back-end-development10
python10
testing10
pandas10
trading-bot10
cryptocurrency10
ref10
refer10
algorithmic-trading10
documentation10
refactor9
gcp9
hyperopt9
plot9
data-analysis9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wazuh/wazuh
Dec 2019 - Nov 2020
Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 reviews, 451 commits, 44 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas's commits primarily involve implementing and refactoring features related to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) integration for the Wazuh Open Source Security Platform. This includes enhancing logging messages, refactoring scheduling configurations, and configuring auto-enrollment features. Furthermore, they have worked on updating various unit tests, improving code coverage, and addressing bugs.
malware-detectionendpointscompliancecloud-securitysecurity-hardening
wazuh/wazuh-documentation
Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
Wazuh - Project documentation
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:3 reviews, 11 commits, 3 PRs in 28 days
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily contributed to the Wazuh documentation repository, focusing on updating and enhancing the user manual. Their work involved adding new documentation for features like `max_sync_interval` and `readall` within the `rootcheck` section, clarifying their functionalities and allowed values. The commits demonstrate a focus on providing clear and concise explanations of configuration options within the Wazuh security platform. They also updated and merged documentation reflecting changes from other branches.
loganalyzerreferenceintrusion-detectionosseccompliance
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