# Nicholas Hopper

> Software Engineer

Location: Greater Chicago Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nicholashopper

Agile software developer with a strong suite for Microservices.

Specialized in working with Java, Spring, Kafka, Kubernetes, and much more. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ ForeFlight
Jan 2022 – Present | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

### General Partner @ Verde Mining
Jan 2021 – Present | Midland-Odessa Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ iHeartMedia
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area
Tech lead over as many as 15 nearshore developers. Additionally worked with data science and digital ads teams on focused tiger teams. Worked with various architects on solutioning.

### Software Engineer @ iHeartMedia
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Antonio, Texas
Java Spring Boot Developer. Took complex business logic from multiple acquisitions and translated them into a new greenfield Ad-Tech products. Worked with Business Stakeholders from all over the US. Was the sole full time engineer owning 5 microservices.

### Software Developer and Integrator II @ USAA
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Interfaced with Personalization and Core Customer Data team to pipeline user events across the enterprise via Apache Kafka.

### Software Developer and Integrator III @ USAA
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Antonio, Texas Area
Involved in the full life cycle of the digital voice platform. Emphasis in designing new infrastructure features. Modernizing a 15 year old codebase with Docker, Gradle, Maven, Java 8, JBoss, Apache Kafka, and RESTful micro services.

### Techpoint Lead @ Baylor University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Waco, Texas Area

### Study Commons Technician @ Baylor University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Waco, TX
Handle broad scope of responsibilities, troubleshoot student’s technical problems, train new staff, and maintain campus workstations.
• Maintain printers and print service that generates 50,000 print jobs per day.
• Develop personal skills by assisting patrons.
• Improve troubleshooting skills.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Major in Computer Science
Baylor University

### Coursework in Computer Science
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nichhopper
- Website: https://nicholas.works/

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Last updated: 2026-03-23