# Michael Nickandros

> Senior Fullstack Software Engineer

Location: Woodstock, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelnickandros

Decisive Software Engineer with solid background of success in troubleshooting and resolving complex software challenges. Designs and deploys innovative features to improve performance and functionality. Proactive problem-solver with exceptional critical thinking and collaboration skills. Proficient in JavaScript(ES6+,TypeScript), React, Redux, CSS, HTML, Node.js, Express, NestJS, GraphQL, Apollo, Retool, Sanity, Jest/React Testing Library, CSS-inJS, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Serverless, AWS.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Chief
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

### Senior Software Engineer @ Chief
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

### Software Engineer @ Edquity
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States
I was hired as a junior but quickly demonstrated that I could tackle the responsibilities of a more senior role and was promoted within the year. I graduated from pushing bug fixes to production in my first week to contributing in higher level architecture and systems design by the end of six months. 

Due to being an early addition to the engineering team I gained significant fullstack technical domain knowledge across all codebases and services. Because of this I was often consulted on matters both within the engineering team and cross-functionally .

I became the subject matter expert on a system I designed and maintained to verify credentials for eligibility of students applying for state and federal emergency aid. This system utilized AWS Lambdas for scalable processing of student records and ElasticSearch for flexible matching on verifiable user provided credentials. This eligibility service was responsible for determining approvals on 100,000+ applications to distribute millions of dollars in emergency aid.

### Science Educator @ NYC Department of Education
Jan 2013 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
STEM educator specializing in hands on, project-based teaching, with an emphasis on cross discipline literacy skills.


## Education
### Bachelor of Education - BEd in Biology Teacher Education
Brooklyn College
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010

### Master's degree in Computer Science
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mnickandros

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Last updated: 2026-03-22