Quick Silver Systems, Inc.

Software Engineer

Recent Software Engineering Applications

-React, Zustand, Material UI, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Mongoose, AWS: EC2/RDS/S3
-An application that connects local users for exchange of goods and services
-Implemented Git Feature Branch Workflow and Agile methodology with a team of 12 developers
-Acted in the role of system architect, creating an organization and repo in GitHub, deploying a MongoDB instance, setting up environment and dependencies, and management of pull requests and merges
-Designed the entire landing page, tailored Material-UI components and leveraged grid to adapt screen size and orientation across layouts

ODDS ‘N ENDS | Full-stack Engineer

-React, React-Bootstrap, React-Icons, Node.jsA dynamic checkout application fine-tuned for fashion/clothing online retail
-Designed an image carousel from scratch that proportionally renders an image according to its aspect ratio
-Utilized pure React for entire application including state management
-Styled entire page without the help of a CSS framework or library

CATWALK FROM SCRATCH | Front-end Engineer

-Node.js, PostgreSQL, Express, AWS: EC2/RDS/S3
-A server-side project focused on optimizing on existing application
-Imported large dataset into PostgreSQL database using fs.createReadStream and indexed for fast retrieval
-Redesigned endpoints for more efficient database queries and quicker response times back to client
-Scaled the server horizontally using Docker containers inside 3 AWS EC2 instances with a load balancer by Nginx enabling the application to triple its requests per second to almost 2400 from 800

ATELIER | Back-end Engineer

-React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, AWS: EC2/RDS/S3
-A Full-stack application social media project geared towards travel and adventure
-Developed an application that utilizes Google’s Custom Search Engine API to uniquely render user input
-Produced bulk of features, functionality, construction and styling in 3 days, done entirely solo

FOR WANDERERS | Full-stack Engineer

The Polo Bar by Ralph Lauren

Server

Held a variety of different job positions and roles in the video production industry throughout a 10 year career in New York City including producer, camera operator, videographer, camera assist, utility, grip, and PA.

Produced corporate videos for a variety of companies for internal and external use.

Worked on major productions such as 30 Rock, Law and Order SVU, Barbara Walters, Martha Stewart, Insanity by Shaun T, Blue Bloods, and many, many more.

Smaller projects for other well known companies such as Ernst & Young, Kay Jewelers, Amazon, and many more

Freelance Video Production Professional

After spending nearly a decade in New York City in the video production industry, the pandemic in 2020 brought much time for personal reflection and reevaluation of professional goals.  It was during this time I found my calling to a career as a software engineer and never looked back.  After starting study initially on my own, I attended and completed the Advanced Software Engineering Immersive from Hack Reactor/Galvanize accelerating my skills and capabilities to match or exceed those needed to succeed as a full-stack software engineer in the industry.

Taplio

Nick Knowles's Linkedin Analytics

Nick Knowles

Want to drive more opportunities from LinkedIn?