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Luke Nickerson

http://lukenickerson.com
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Located in NY, Eastern Time Zone
US Citizen
Senior UI & Full-Stack Engineer with over 20 years of software experience, specializing in high-performance JavaScript applications, cross-platform architecture, and intuitive, responsive user interfaces. Proven track record of managing project scope for high-velocity delivery, optimizing complex rendering pipelines, and collaborating cross-functionally to bridge advanced technical architecture with delightful user experiences.

Technical Skills

Other Skills

Recent Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer

with Institute for Traffic Safety (aka. ITSMR, a non-profit research organization licensing software-as-a-service)
2021 - Present
  • Architecting and building a green-field full-stack application (TypeScript, Vue, Node.js, Express, SQLite, Docker) as a single-page app (SPA)
  • Lead architect and engineer on a mobile app using JavaScript, Vue, and Cordova
  • Redesigned core UI systems deployed across nationwide enterprise environments, successfully advocating for component standardization and clean code styling
  • Engineer on a full-stack Java web application, focused on progressive improvement of legacy code to modular UI components and SPA

Web Game Developer

as Morph Games (solo dev)
2021 - Present
  • Independently architected and shipped over 25 creative JavaScript games and interactive prototypes, managing strict constraints and aggressive delivery timelines
  • Experimented with the limits of web technology, especially regarding performance
  • Engineered high-performance rendering pipelines utilizing HTML5 Canvas, WebGL, CSS, and SVGs - consistently troubleshooting and eliminating memory leaks to guarantee performance on resource-constrained devices
  • Rigorously rebalanced priorities and controlled scope, all while keeping a laser focus on the end user’s experience and fun

Technical Product Manager

at Bestpass (private toll management service)
2019 - 2020
  • Led a mission-based team covering an internal application, customer-facing APIs, and user-facing portal
  • Scoped and ordered architectural and UX improvements; captured detailed requirements in user stories and wireframes

Senior Software Engineer

at FYE.com (Trans World Entertainment, retail and e-commerce), Rational Enterprise (E-Discovery SaaS), and Apprenda (Platform-as-a-service start-up)
4 years total
  • Designed and coded innovative user interfaces, including dashboards, a health check viewer, document viewer, and complex document redaction tool
  • Wrote backend cloud programs (Node.js) for importing, manipulating, & exporting data
  • Integrated features with SalesForce Commerce Cloud (JavaScript)
  • Improved frontend accessibility for ADA compliance
  • Documented and diagrammed interconnected systems and processes
  • Championed clean code style, componentization, standardization, and unit testing
  • Worked on a strategy and roadmap for integrating open source portal software into the PaaS product
  • Developed REST API specifications in Swagger

Previous Work Experience

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics
(minors in Computer Science and Physics)
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Passionate

I'm a lifelong programmer who loves the intricacies of the craft.

Adaptive

I'm practical with scope, architecture, and implementations, and work well in high-velocity environments.

Thorough

I write clean code, comprehensive documentation, and clear communications.

Collaborative

I work well with Product, design, and all areas of cross-functional teams.