Summary
Niilo Smeds is a Lead Software Engineer in Portland, Oregon with a decade of experience building data-driven, production-grade systems at Nike, where he now leads end-to-end clickstream pipeline efforts focused on quality, consistency, and stakeholder collaboration. He progressed through multiple senior engineering roles at Nike, shaping telemetry, analytics, and GDPR-aware privacy approaches for large-scale digital experiences. Niilo blends hands-on full-stack JavaScript expertise from his earlier freelance and teaching work with production data engineering practices, enabling teams to ship reliable, testable features continuously. Outside engineering, he has a creative background as a concert lighting designer, a hint at his ability to manage complex, live-event scale systems under pressure.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at San Francisco State University
Advanced Full-Stack JavaScript Development, Advanced Full-Stack JavaScript Development at Code Fellows