Nik Zaugg
Software Engineer at zäck. engineering
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolNik Zaugg is a full-stack software engineer based in Zurich with nine years of experience building responsive web applications and modern backends using React, Next.js, Node.js and TypeScript. As co-founder of zäck. engineering he delivers end-to-end products—GraphQL/REST APIs, Postgres/Redis-backed services and TailwindCSS/Next.js frontends—while also contributing to testing and QA for open-source projects like the Dataverse research repository. He combines academic rigor (MSc summa cum laude in Computer Science) with hands-on product work from university teaching tools to client platforms such as meine-traumhochzeit.ch. Comfortable across web, VR (Unity/C#) and 3D tooling (Blender, three.js), he brings a creative eye for UX alongside backend problem-solving. A curious learner and team player, he recently spent a year traveling the world and even summited Huayna Potosí, which reflects his appetite for challenge and adaptability.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 5.6 (summa cum laude), Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 5.6 (summa cum laude) at University of ZurichBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 5.2, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 5.2 at Universität ZürichMatura, Englische Sprache und Literatur, allgemein, Matura, Englische Sprache und Literatur, allgemein at Kollegium Sankt Michael
German, English, French, Italian
Github Skills (7)
unit-testing10
javas10
junit10
mockito10
java10
testing10
dataverse9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
IQSS/dataverse
Mar 2019 - May 2019
Open source research data repository software
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:33 commits, 6 PRs, 4 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Nik primarily focused on improving the testing infrastructure and ensuring code quality within the Dataverse repository. They implemented and refactored numerous unit tests, utilizing JUnit and parameterized testing approaches to cover various utility classes, data structures, and API functionalities. Additionally, the user updated documentation to reflect the use of data-driven tests. The user's work included creation of test classes for ConfirmEmailData, MyDataUtil, and PasswordValidator.
data-repository
kwizapp/ionic-app
Mar 2020 - May 2020
Ionic App for Kwiz (Mobile / Web)
Contributions:47 PRs, 117 pushes, 47 branches in 2 months
kwizionic-frameworkionic-appionicionic5
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