Summary
Nikolas Lennon is a seasoned software engineering manager with 13 years of experience building and scaling cloud-native loan origination systems and consumer-facing applications. At defi SOLUTIONS he leads cross-functional teams through the full SDLC, driving architectural design, CI/CD automation with Terraform, Kubernetes containerization, and security audits (SOC 2, PCI-DSS) to deliver highly available, performant services. He’s demonstrated measurable impact—optimizing Azure spend by 45%, improving uptime to 99.99%, doubling deployment frequency, and boosting sprint velocity by 60% after introducing SAFe practices. A hands-on leader who mentors engineers and enforces quality through testing (Playwright) and Storybook component libraries, he blends product partnership with executive-level roadmapping. Based in Freeport, Florida, Nikolas pairs a practical implementation background in C#, Node.js, React/Angular and DevOps tooling with a Computational Science degree from FSU and a lifelong appetite for programming. An understated strength is his ability to translate security and compliance requirements into engineering outcomes that reduce risk while accelerating delivery.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computational Science, Bachelor of Science Computational Science at Florida State University