Nikolas De Giorgis
Software Engineer at BitBox
Dublin, Ireland
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Top SchoolNikolas De Giorgis is a software engineer and former academic with a PhD in Computer Science, combining nine years of industry experience across C++ systems, cloud-native backends, and SRE practices. He has shipped production-grade features and tests for high-profile open source projects like the MongoDB Kubernetes Operator and worked in roles at MongoDB, Google (SRE), Interchain, and now BitBox. His research background in multi-scale analysis of 3D meshes and motion capture informs a pragmatic approach to complex data and graphics problems. Comfortable across backend, DevOps, and systems engineering, he blends rigorous experimental methods from academia with production-first engineering. Based in Dublin, he’s quick to prototype — “I make stuff. Sometimes it works.” A recurring strength is translating deep technical ideas into robust, testable implementations for distributed and stateful systems.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science And Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science And Engineering at Università degli Studi di GenovaDiploma, Piano Nazionale Informatico, Diploma, Piano Nazionale Informatico at Liceo Scientifico G.P. Vieusseux
English, Spanish, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
kubernetes10
testing10
statefulset10
go-testing10
go10
kubernetes-pods10
yaml8
cicd8
mongodb-database7
automation7
mongodb7
automations7
reverse6
docker6
plot6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes-operator
May 2020 - Jan 2022
MongoDB Community Kubernetes Operator
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:1 release, 261 reviews, 108 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Nikolas primarily focused on implementing and testing features within the MongoDB Kubernetes Operator, particularly related to stateful sets and owner references. Their work involved adding functionalities such as setting owner references, implementing end-to-end tests for owner references in StatefulSet, and ensuring the StatefulSet is correctly configured. Additionally, they contributed to updating service configurations, improving error messages, and adding a unit test for service creation/updates. The user also refactored and fixed several aspects related to the deployment and logging of the operator.
kubernetes-operatormongodb
bznein/SuperLinterTesting
Jul 2020 - Mar 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
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