Nick Daugherty

Staff Software Engineer

  • Staff Engineer - WordPress VIP

    Aug 2016 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

    • Setting technical direction for the engineering team and products
    • Helping design and implement a new containerized, highly-scalable, mission-critical hosting platform
    • Designing, planning, and building REST and GraphQL APIs, robust Elasticsearch integrations, React based frontends, CLI tools, and many more initiatives
    • Translating business and customer needs into the team’s technical direction and execution
    • Ownership over department's security practices
    • Triaging, evaluating, and remediating vulnerability reports
    • Making hiring decisions
    • Mentoring junior team members
    • Communicating and collaborating effectively in a fully remote environment

  • Senior Software Engineer - WordPress VIP

    Feb 2013 - Aug 2016 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Providing scalability, security, and architecture guidance to the largest WordPress sites in the world
    • Reviewing customer code for performance and security
    • Responding to incidents and quickly debugging issues on a mission-critical platform
    • Designing and implementing new platform features
    • Helping others level up their skills and knowledge
    • Communicating and collaborating effectively in a fully remote environment

  • Lead Software Engineer - VistaWorks

    Jun 2006 - Feb 2013 · 6 yrs 9 mos

    • Meeting with clients to plan and scope complex projects
    • Designing, architecting, and implementing complex web and mobile solutions in a variety of industries
    • Full stack development, from SysAdmin tasks, to PHP and ASP.net, to JavaScript and CSS
    • Android and iOS development, including server-side application and REST API design and implementation
    • Designed, architected, and implemented AWS-based bespoke photography management and ecommerce application
    • Seting the technical direction for the team
    • Mentoring other engineers

  • Web Developer - Dharma Communications

    2007 - 2009

    Designing and implementing web solutions for prominent organizations and individuals in the coaching and wellness fields.