Niky M is a full-stack software engineer with 9 years of experience building scalable, production-grade web applications using Ruby on Rails, React, Redux and SQL. At GitHub they led large-scale test migrations, boosted API test coverage and closed security gaps to enable a new access token, while also improving observability and accessibility across high-traffic flows. Prior roles at Zillow and Flatiron School show a pattern of modernization—migrating mapping providers to cut costs, upgrading legacy Rails to GraphQL/React, and introducing Datadog/Terraform tooling. Comfortable advising on API design and authorization patterns, Niky blends hands-on coding with cross-team documentation and tooling that’s been adopted by dozens of teams. With an academic background spanning engineering and music, they bring a multidisciplinary perspective that surfaces in thoughtful UX and maintainable system design.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Music, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Music at University of Southern California
Full Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Flatiron School
California Institute of Technology
Master of Arts (M.A.), Musicology, Master of Arts (M.A.), Musicology at Tufts University
DayJams is a collaborative playlist and chat application built with a Rails API back end
Contributions:10 PRs, 21 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years
ruby-on-railsapirails-apichat-applicationrails
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