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Hi, I’m Nick Rathman, a remote senior full‑stack engineer and product leader based in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve spent 14 years building web products for startups, agencies, and founder‑led teams, with a focus on turning ideas into MVPs and then hardening them for production. I thrive on pragmatic architecture, robust data models, and scalable platforms, always balancing performance, reliability, security, and cost. I own the full lifecycle from conception to deployment, mentor small teams, and drive business results by shipping features that support multi‑million‑dollar pipelines and thousands of users. My experience includes leading platform initiatives, cloud and infrastructure choices, and collaborating across business units to deliver measurable outcomes.…Hi, I’m Nick Rathman, a remote senior full‑stack engineer and product leader based in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve spent 14 years building web products for startups, agencies, and founder‑led teams, with a focus on turning ideas into MVPs and then hardening them for production. I thrive on pragmatic architecture, robust data models, and scalable platforms, always balancing performance, reliability, security, and cost. I own the full lifecycle from conception to deployment, mentor small teams, and drive business results by shipping features that support multi‑million‑dollar pipelines and thousands of users. My experience includes leading platform initiatives, cloud and infrastructure choices, and collaborating across business units to deliver measurable outcomes.

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Hi, I’m Nick Rathman, a remote senior full‑stack engineer and product leader based in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve spent 14 years building web products for startups, agencies, and founder‑led teams, with a focus on turning ideas into MVPs and then hardening them for production. I thrive on pragmatic architecture, robust data models, and scalable platforms, always balancing performance, reliability, security, and cost. I own the full lifecycle from conception to deployment, mentor small teams, and drive business results by shipping features that support multi‑million‑dollar pipelines and thousands of users. My experience includes leading platform initiatives, cloud and infrastructure choices, and collaborating across business units to deliver measurable outcomes.…Hi, I’m Nick Rathman, a remote senior full‑stack engineer and product leader based in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve spent 14 years building web products for startups, agencies, and founder‑led teams, with a focus on turning ideas into MVPs and then hardening them for production. I thrive on pragmatic architecture, robust data models, and scalable platforms, always balancing performance, reliability, security, and cost. I own the full lifecycle from conception to deployment, mentor small teams, and drive business results by shipping features that support multi‑million‑dollar pipelines and thousands of users. My experience includes leading platform initiatives, cloud and infrastructure choices, and collaborating across business units to deliver measurable outcomes.

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Hi, I’m Nick Rathman, a remote senior full‑stack engineer and product leader based in British Columbia, Canada. I’ve spent 14 years building web products for startups, agencies, and founder‑led teams, with a focus on turning ideas into MVPs and then hardening them for production. I thrive on pragmatic architecture, robust data models, and scalable platforms, always balancing performance, reliability, security, and cost.

I own the full lifecycle from conception to deployment, mentor small teams, and drive business results by shipping features that support multi‑million‑dollar pipelines and thousands of users. My experience includes leading platform initiatives, cloud and infrastructure choices, and collaborating across business units to deliver measurable outcomes.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Tronic

January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026

Led backend and infra engineering during a transition from a ~10-person team to a skeletal crew of 3; took over all backend API, authentication, data modeling, and production ops, delivering features end-to-end with a focus on performance, reliability, and security. Optimized backend API calls and database queries; reduced infra/SaaS spend by consolidating data stores (eliminating MongoDB and Elasticsearch). Managed deployments and data migrations on the production Kubernetes cluster; oversaw Polygon contract deployments and a transaction queuing system. Led daily standups and Jira-based planning. Tech stack included TypeScript, React, Next.js, Golang, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Temporal, NGINX, Apache, Linux, AWS, GCP, Vercel, Cloudflare, and Polygon.

Backend Engineer at ContentSmith

January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

AI-powered pipeline for automatic blog posting and content creation. Takes prompts or context, performs research, writes drafts, edits, generates images, applies links, and publishes to WordPress, Ghost, or custom destinations. Built customizable AI writer agents with their own prompts, model selection, and configuration. Scheduling and data sources pulled from JSON APIs or RSS feeds to trigger new content. Fully functional SaaS with payments, admin, landing pages, and more.

Lead Backend Engineer at ScriptHelper

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024

AI-powered platform for producing movie scripts. Led backend engineering and infrastructure; built an MVP-ready GraphQL API service and a platform admin dashboard per client specs. Migrated from desktop-only C# prototype to a SaaS model; implemented a task queue and prompt-template system for generating content with LLMs (models via OpenRouter).

Director of Product Development at OpenExO

January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2026

Business coaching, consulting & courses; community platform. Led engineering and ops for a unified web platform, consolidating distributed properties and launching paid membership features. Migrated token systems on Caspar network and built AI chat/collaboration features; led a small team to drive the product and community strategy.

Co-Founder, Lead Developer at Pixelmind / 330.ai

January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022

AI art generation platform with tokenization features. Built MVP from scratch with payments, admin dashboards, and community features; recruited and managed a small engineering team; implemented an image processing pipeline with multi-node GPU provisioning and supported a SaaS model in a blockchain-enabled ecosystem.

Co-Founder / Product & Platform Owner at All Around GamerZ

January 1, 2017 - Present

VR arcade business with an in-house management system. Built an internal platform for POS, bookings, staff scheduling, time tracking, and reporting; used daily across two locations; supported $1M+ in sales; implemented automation scripts and integrated payments, CRM, and marketing tools; led two physical locations with lean cost/efficiency focus.

Owner at Ironclad Web Technologies

January 1, 2013 - Present

Freelance web development with in-house projects; built and deployed multiple websites and apps for startup and individual clients (Crypto/AI niche). Worked with small teams, hiring and managing freelancers; adaptable to any tech stack and framework; performed R&D and experiments to improve productivity.

Web Developer at Net Shift Media

January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2014

Built and maintained a wide variety of small- to mid-sized business and corporate websites; converted design mockups into working templates and themes; developed custom CMS modules; created a climate-focused directory platform; contributed to multiple client projects across industries including law firms, hospitality, and tourism.