Summary
Nikolas Goodrich is a Full Stack Engineer with eight years of experience specializing in Python-driven web data collection, pipeline engineering, and database-backed automation. He has built production scraping systems, reverse-engineered APIs for JSON extraction, and operationalized data pipelines across AWS for defense and commercial clients. His background combines hands-on software development in Python and Go with field experience in signals intelligence and multilingual translation, giving him a pragmatic edge in messy, real-world data problems. Currently advancing his machine learning and AI expertise through Northwestern's Data Science master's program, he balances academic rigor with continuous delivery at companies including Vantor and Gateway Geospatial Group. Colleagues rely on him for reliable ETL design, resilient automation, and translating complex requirements into maintainable systems.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BA French Linguistics, BA French Linguistics at Grand Valley State University
Master's of Data Science Data Science, Master's of Data Science Data Science at Northwestern University
Pashto Language, Pashto Language at Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center