Nick Sanford
Staff Software Engineer at Viam
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Sanford is a Staff Software Engineer based in New York with 11 years of experience building modular, service-oriented backend and full‑stack web systems. He has progressed from hands‑on engineering roles in startups to principal and staff positions, shaping scalable architectures and deployment flows at companies like Bowery Farming and Viam. Comfortable across Ruby, Python, Erlang, and cloud infrastructure, he focuses on stateless app clusters, resilient databases, and pragmatic testing practices. Nick brings a track record of designing production-grade backends for diverse domains—from agtech to conversational platforms—and has deep experience operationalizing services for scale. His language background in Chinese and time studying in Beijing hint at cross-cultural adaptability and an ability to navigate distributed teams and international projects. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex requirements into maintainable, service-oriented solutions that balance speed with long-term reliability.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chinese Language and Literature, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chinese Language and Literature at The University of Texas at AustinCET Beijing Intensive Chinese Language Program
Chinese, German, English
Github Skills (66)
robotics10
webcam10
docsy10
audio9
hugo9
v4l29
streaming9
rtp9
voip9
webrtc9
documentation9
webassembly8
server-side8
live-video8
golang8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
nicksanford/nicksanford.github.io
Jan 2015 - Mar 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 43 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 2 months
nicksanford/api
Jan 2023 - May 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 101 pushes, 21 branches in 2 years 3 months
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