Summary
Nolan Strait is a software development engineer with nine years of experience building reliable systems and shipping production-ready features at scale, currently focused on payments and CI/CD improvements at Expedia Group. He brings a strong systems background spanning Python, C++, Java, and Bash, with hands-on experience implementing PCI-compliant front-end tokenization and refactoring backend payment flows. His career bridges research and product: from lab-facing software for neuroscience and high-throughput biology to co-founding a startup exploring searchable live video conversations for citizen science and AGI research. Nolan pairs pragmatic engineering with product curiosity—investigating over 100 technologies during Radish—and contributes across the full stack while optimizing developer workflows used by 200+ engineers. Based in Seattle, he combines a University of Washington CS degree with a creative side as a music producer and artist, bringing both technical rigor and a collaborative, community-minded approach.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at University of Washington