Sterling Nichols
Staff Software Engineer at Pinterest
Miami, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolSterling Nichols is a Staff Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building large-scale web systems for top-tier tech companies, currently driving projects at Pinterest from his base in Miami. His career spans senior engineering roles at Google and Twitter, plus consulting and product-focused work at Samsung Next and Sencha, demonstrating comfort across both platform-scale backend services and consumer-facing web experiences. He holds advanced credentials in Web Technologies and Information Management from Harvard, pairing hands-on engineering with formal study in information architecture and web strategy. Known for moving between startups and hyperscale teams, Sterling brings institutional knowledge of performance, scalability, and cross-team collaboration that accelerates product delivery. An understated strength is his longevity across complex, security-conscious environments (including Lockheed Martin), suggesting an ability to balance rapid innovation with disciplined engineering practices.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Information Management Masters ALM, Information Management Masters ALM at Harvard UniversityB.S. Information Systems, B.S. Information Systems at University of Central Florida
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Github Skills (35)
sencha10
sencha-architect10
jquery9
architect9
nullable6
lambda6
entity-framework6
6
ajax6
ajax-net6
react4
sapper3
lit3
eleventy3
react-native3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
extjs/ProjectTemplates
Apr 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:117 commits in 7 months
sencha-architecttemplateproject-templatessenchaarchitect
exsurgo/gojs
Nov 2012 - Dec 2012
Contributions:13 commits in 26 days
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