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Nick Cross

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Building polished web apps, mobile applications, and robust APIs.
Obsessed with great UX, clean architecture, and products that just work.

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nick_cross // fullstack software engineer
cat stack.json
{
  "frontend": ["React", "Next.js", "TypeScript"],
  "mobile": ["React Native", "Expo"],
  "backend": ["Node.js", "Go", "PostgreSQL", "Redis"],
  "extras": ["Docker", "GitHub Actions", "AWS"]
}
npm run dev
▲ Next.js 15 ready on http://localhost:3000
  ✓ Compiled in 843ms
npm test -- --coverage
  Tests: 47 passed, 0 failed
  Coverage: 94.2%

Product Engineer, End to End

I'm a fullstack software engineer who loves the full journey of building a product, from designing intuitive UIs to crafting fast, well-documented APIs. Whether it's a web app, a mobile app, or a backend service, I care about the details that make software feel great to use.

My primary focus is product engineering: React and Next.js on the frontend, Node.js and Go on the backend, React Native for cross-platform mobile, and PostgreSQL for data. I also have hands-on DevOps experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and cloud deployments, so I can ship and maintain what I build end-to-end.

I believe great software is readable, well-tested, and a pleasure to maintain. I bring that mindset to every codebase I work in.

Fullstack Dev

End-to-end product development from REST APIs to interactive UIs, with a focus on performance and DX.

Mobile Apps

Cross-platform iOS & Android with React Native and Expo. Native feel, shared codebase.

API Design

RESTful and GraphQL APIs built for clarity, performance, and great developer experience.

DevOps

Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, security scanning, and cloud deployments. I ship what I build.

The Full Stack

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Frontend 6 skills
React JavaScript HTML / CSS Tailwind CSS jQuery Swift
Backend 9 skills
Java Python C# / .NET Node.js Spring Boot MongoDB MySQL PostgreSQL SQL
DevOps 4 skills
Docker AWS Azure Terraform
Tools 5 skills
Git VS Code Visual Studio JUnit Selenium

What I've Built

Open Source

Sentinel API Gateway

High-performance API gateway in Go with rate limiting, JWT validation, request/response transformation, and Prometheus metrics. Handles 50k+ req/s with sub-ms latency overhead.

Go Redis Docker Prometheus
SaaS

Helix SaaS Boilerplate

Production-ready Next.js + Node.js SaaS starter with multi-tenancy, Stripe billing, role-based auth (OAuth2 + magic links), team management, and a full admin dashboard.

Next.js TypeScript PostgreSQL Node.js
Mobile

TrackIt: Fitness Mobile App

Cross-platform iOS & Android fitness tracker built with React Native and Expo. Custom workout builder, progress charts, push notifications, and a Node.js REST API with JWT auth and PostgreSQL. Submitted to the App Store and Google Play.

React Native TypeScript Node.js PostgreSQL
Real-time

Pulse: Analytics Dashboard

Real-time SaaS analytics dashboard for tracking product metrics. Live event streaming via WebSockets, custom React chart components, date-range filtering, and a Node.js API that aggregates data from PostgreSQL with efficient query caching in Redis.

React TypeScript Node.js PostgreSQL
Open Source

Forma: API-first Form Builder

Drag-and-drop form builder with an embeddable React widget, a REST API for responses, webhooks, and conditional logic. Used by small teams to collect and pipe form data anywhere without touching a backend.

React TypeScript Node.js PostgreSQL

Shipping & Deployment

I own the full deployment lifecycle: automated pipelines, containerisation, security scanning, and cloud hosting.

Code

Feature branch → PR with lint checks, unit tests & type checks via pre-commit hooks

CI

GitHub Actions runs build, test suite, SAST scan & container image build on every push

Security

Trivy image scan, Snyk dependency audit & OWASP ZAP integration test in staging

Deploy

ArgoCD GitOps syncs to Kubernetes. Canary rollout with automatic rollback on error rate spike

Observe

Prometheus + Grafana + Loki + Tempo. Full metrics, logs & distributed traces

AWS / GCP

EKS, RDS Aurora, S3, CloudFront, GKE, Cloud Run, IAM, VPC design

Kubernetes

Cluster autoscaling, RBAC, network policies, Helm charts, custom operators

Terraform

Multi-environment workspaces, remote state, module registries, Atlantis PR automation

Observability

Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, PagerDuty integration

Let's Build Something

Open to fullstack software engineering roles: web, mobile, API, or product engineering. Also available for consulting and open source work.

Location Ontario, Canada · Available Remote
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