Backend engineer specializing in Python, Go, and FastAPI, with experience building scalable APIs, cloud-hosted services, and automated data processing pipelines. I’ve integrated LLMs with real-world applications using LangChain, vector databases, and semantic search—turning unstructured datasets into usable insights and automations. My background includes AWS serverless architecture, CI/CD workflows, relational databases, and production-ready API development with a focus on reliability, clarity, and performance.

Nicolas Hill

Backend engineer specializing in Python, Go, and FastAPI, with experience building scalable APIs, cloud-hosted services, and automated data processing pipelines. I’ve integrated LLMs with real-world applications using LangChain, vector databases, and semantic search—turning unstructured datasets into usable insights and automations. My background includes AWS serverless architecture, CI/CD workflows, relational databases, and production-ready API development with a focus on reliability, clarity, and performance.

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Backend engineer specializing in Python, Go, and FastAPI, with experience building scalable APIs, cloud-hosted services, and automated data processing pipelines. I’ve integrated LLMs with real-world applications using LangChain, vector databases, and semantic search—turning unstructured datasets into usable insights and automations. My background includes AWS serverless architecture, CI/CD workflows, relational databases, and production-ready API development with a focus on reliability, clarity, and performance.

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Language

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Work Experience

System Analyst at Graceful Solutions LLC
September 1, 2024 - November 13, 2025
Designing and deploying RESTful APIs and backend services using Go, FastAPI and PostgreSQL to manage critical data for supply chain management. Integrating open-source LLMs via LangChain to extract, clean, and classify unstructured data from financial documents with minimal compute cost. Building a scalable data pipeline with semantic search using vector databases, enabling more efficient trend analysis of warranty claims.
Software Engineer at Airborne Snow Observatories
August 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023
Maintained and monitored AWS-hosted APIs and data services during a record snowfall season, ensuring uninterrupted delivery of critical snow-water data to municipal and state agencies; developed Lambda-driven data pipelines and provided on-call support to maintain operational continuity; increased CI/CD reliability by implementing full Pytest suites, improving test coverage across multiple services.
Geographic Information Systems Specialist at LA Department of Building & Safety
May 1, 2021 - May 1, 2022
Managed large spatial databases containing hundreds of thousands of records using Python, Bash, PostgreSQL, and ArcGIS; georeferenced and updated critical data layers including districts and census tracts for the Code Enforcement Bureau; developed a full-stack routing application for inspectors using C#, JavaScript, and Azure, featuring authentication, live updates, and comments.

Education

Master of Science at DePaul University
September 1, 2025 - May 1, 2027
Bachelor of Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2017
Master of Science, Computer Science at DePaul University
September 1, 2025 - May 1, 2027
Bachelor of Science, Earth, Society & Environmental Sustainability at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2017

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Government