# Luka Nikabadze > Software Engineer Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/lukanikabadze Hi, I’m Luka - a passionate Software Engineer with hands-on experience building full-stack applications and backend systems in both startup and enterprise environments. Currently, at ResilienX, I work on drone health monitoring systems (FRAIHMWORK), developing REST APIs in Java/Spring Boot, integrating Grafana visualizations, and deploying microservices with Docker, Jenkins, and Kubernetes. I collaborate closely with system engineers to ensure the traceability of requirements. Before that, I contributed to projects at Optum, Moyae, and AVDA, where I led UI/UX enhancements using React, Next.js, and React Native, and worked on backend features involving Kafka, Node.js, and cloud services like AWS and Azure. πŸ”§ Tech Highlights: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs React, Next.js, React Native RabbitMQ, Kafka, Postman, Jenkins AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes SQL, Prisma ORM, GitHub API I thrive in Agile teams, enjoy solving complex problems, and always aim to build solutions that are scalable, well-tested, and user-focused. Whether it’s optimizing backend logic or enhancing UI performance, I love bringing ideas to life through clean code and collaboration. Let’s connect! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ ResilienX Jan 2024 – Present | Syracuse, New York, United States β€’ Working in an Agile Scrum team of 6, contributing to the core functionality of FRAIHMWORK Drone health monitoring system focused on components, faults, mitigations, calendar scheduling, and event tracking. β€’ Developing and maintaining REST APIs using Java and Spring Boot; implementing features such as component-scheduled unavailability, relationship definition and instance resolution, and more. β€’ Enhancing visualization capabilities by integrating Grafana APIs to support graph metadata like bounds, format hints, and custom display rules within TMIDisplay(Tiered Maintenance Interface). β€’ Utilizing tools like Postman for testing, Jenkins and Docker for CI/CD, and Kubernetes for deploying scalable microservices. β€’ Collaborating with system engineers and authoring formal requirements in Enterprise Architect to ensure FAA compliance and traceability across the system. ### Rising Talent Associate @ TEKsystems Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Remote ### Full Stack Engineer @ Moyae Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States β€’ Collaborated with the development team to implement new features, improve the patient experience, and optimize the application's functionality for vision-care professionals. β€’ Worked as a full-stack engineer on the React and Next.js application, focusing on enhancing the user interface (UI) for improved usability and performance. β€’ Integrated and worked with FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) API to ensure seamless healthcare data exchange and interoperability with other systems. ### Full Stack Engineer @ AVDA Inc. Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States β€’ Contributed to developing the AVDA React Native application, focusing on UI updates to enhance user experience and improve app navigation. β€’ Implemented backend changes, including adding a new table for tracking job applications and matching job seekers with employers, ensuring efficient data handling and seamless front-end integration. ### Full Stack Engineer @ Optum Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Remote β€’ Worked in a Scrum team within an Agile framework, implementing various functionalities and features for Optum/ UnitedHealthCare β€’ Managed codebase using GitHub for branching, code pushing, PRs, reviews, and pair programming. β€’ Developed CMS application with React, Next.js, HTML, CSS, Typescript and leveraging GitHub API to synchronize content. β€’ Collaborated on a Java SpringBoot project utilizing Kafka to facilitate seamless consumption and production of data. β€’ Integrated external APIs into relational databases, ensuring compatibility across dev, stage, and production tables. β€’ Utilized tools such as Postman for testing, Docker and Jenkins for CI/CD and Kubernetes for the deployment of new features. β€’ Worked with cloud computing platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Azure Databricks to deploy and manage services. ### Teller @ Currency Exchange International Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | New York β€’ Successfully managed to meet all requirements and deadlines given by my managers and other coworkers while serving as a focal member of the team. β€’ Efficiently established reliability of cash management spreadsheet models detected and corrected errors. β€’ Proficiently ensured comprehensive inventory reconciliation on a daily basis in accordance with CXI procedures while maintaining adequate levels of retail products and a sufficient amount of operational inventories. ### Software Engineer - Startup @ CIRUS Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States β€’ Developing and deploying the backend and all other services of the social media platform in AWS. β€’ Creating scripts and implementing functionality using Node.js and Python. β€’ Using AWS services like Lambda, S3 bucket, API Gateway, IAM, DynamoDB, to create the backend of the Application. ### Web Developer @ STAIRS ACADEMY Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States β€’ Collaborate with 5 interns to maintain and develop user-friendly websites using languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript. β€’ Successfully identified diagnose and fix website problems including broken links, functionality and formatting issues. β€’ Helped to achieve a consistent look and visual theme across the website by promoting uniform fonts, formatting, images and general layout. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Brooklyn College Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### Per Scholas Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science University of Sussex Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/luka-nikabadze --- Source: https://flows.cv/lukanikabadze JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/lukanikabadze/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23