Summary
Nick C is a Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead based in the UK with nine years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems using Python and Scala. He blends pragmatic backend engineering (Flask, FastAPI, Play, Akka, HTTP4s) with strong testing and delivery practices such as TDD, pair programming, CI/CD and observability tooling. At Codurance he leads teams to deliver resilient microservices on AWS and Docker while previously contributing to large-scale Scala projects at HMRC. Comfortable across databases from MySQL to MongoDB and deployment pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions and Spinnaker, he focuses on performance and reliability. Outside day-to-day work he explores Rust, blockchain and web3 technologies, bringing curiosity-driven experimentation into practical engineering choices. Colleagues describe him as a hands-on leader who values shipping elegant, well-tested solutions that scale.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer