Nikolai Long
Senior Software Engineer at Capital One
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolNikolai Long is a Senior Software Engineer with six years of experience building cloud-native backend systems, now focusing on AWS platform engineering at Capital One. He has a strong Java Spring Boot background and practical experience in GCP migrations and RESTful SOA from his work at CNA Insurance, complemented by early-career embedded and aerospace software projects at Virginia Tech and Orion Space Solutions. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs backend service design with systems-level thinking—trajectory simulations, CFD analysis, and satellite firmware work hint at a rare blend of cloud engineering and physical-systems intuition. A Virginia-based Virginia Tech alum who has led a capstone-winning web app and taught data structures, he brings both hands-on coding and mentorship experience to deliver reliable, purpose-driven software.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science Computer Science, Bachelors of Science Computer Science at Virginia TechAdvanced Placement Diploma, Advanced Placement Diploma at Washington-Lee High School
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (24)
simulation10
intermediate10
api10
sdk10
google10
multiprocessing10
editing10
quantum-algorithms9
algorithms9
java9
python9
scale9
quantum-programming-language9
quantum-computing9
cirq8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
NikolaiLong/Chess
Jun 2020 - Feb 2023
Contributions:28 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
NikolaiLong/NikolaiLong
Aug 2021 - Apr 2025
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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