Casey Nitz
Software Engineer at National Basketball Association (NBA)
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCasey Nitz is a Full Stack Software Engineer with eight years of experience building extendable, production-grade systems across Linux and Windows environments. Currently at the NBA after leading cloud migrations, microservices, and CI/CD improvements at Nelnet Diversified Services, Casey is comfortable across React, Angular, Node.js, .NET, SQL Server and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. They have a track record of modernizing legacy applications, implementing data segmentation for compliance, and automating pipelines to shorten time-to-production. Prior roles include banking automation and Salesforce enhancements that reduced manual work and improved digital experiences, plus embedded Linux systems work that emphasized reliability and SOLID design. Casey pairs hands-on engineering with operational pragmatism—often stepping into QA and process-improvement roles—to deliver maintainable systems. Based in Madison, WI, they recently advanced their formal education with an MS in Computer Science while continuing to pursue side projects on GitHub.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Colorado Technical University
Github Skills (4)
java3
discord-js1
discord-bot1
discord1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cnitz18/ffbot
Sep 2020 - Jul 2025
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
cnitz18/skidmark-tour-app
Aug 2022 - Jun 2026
Contributions:27 PRs, 186 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 10 months
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