# Nicholas Krichevsky

> Software Engineer at Discord

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nicholaskrichevsky

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer, Realtime Infrastructure @ Discord
Jan 2026 – Present

### Software Engineer, Realtime Infrastructure @ Discord
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026

### Full Stack Engineer @ Cytracom
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
- Enhanced and maintained Cytracom’s centralized VoIP configuration API and several dependent 
microservices in a breadth of languages, including Typescript, Elixir, Erlang, PHP, and Scala
- Implemented major quality-assurance processes in longstanding codebases including code review, CI/CD, smoke testing, and unit testing
- Analyzed and rebuilt a geo-distributed event-driven data synchronization system, eliminating deeply rooted race conditions and prioritizing observability
- Debugged and refactored VoIP integration with an open-source WebRTC server (Janus) to improve connection reliability for our web-phone users
- Triaged, resolved, and wrote root cause analyses for outages that affected thousands of customers

### Software Engineer 1 @ Juniper Networks
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
- Architected and implemented major components of the configuration management subsystem of Juniper’s cloud-managed SD-WAN routers using Go, C++, Python, and systemd
- Collaborated with stakeholders and senior engineers across business units to meaningfully integrate Juniper’s new cloud managed solution with the existing on-premise solution from 128 Technology (Juniper acquired 128 Technology).
- Maintained substantial automated test suite for the functionality owned by a broad-reaching team
- Worked alongside field engineers to provide root-cause analyses for customer issues and prompt bug-fixes

### Senior Network Assistant @ Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

### Computer Science Student Assistant @ Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Aided students with coursework and performed grading of their assignments.

### Network Assistant @ Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Worcester, MA
- Worked with 3rd party vendors to implement solutions to help connect more device types to the network.
- Improved internal scheduling software to allow for increased visibility of student schedules for full-time staff.
- Provided Tier-2 network connectivity support to help maintain and ensure full functionality of the WPI Network.

### Engineering Intern @ 128 Technology
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
- Designed and implemented Go tooling that allowed technicians to trace command execution through different microservices, allowing for faster on-site debugging
- Built additions to the company’s Python-based router configuration command line interface.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Datto, Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Norwalk, CT
- Helped develop data replication and cloud-based restore tooling in a Linux-heavy Agile/Scrum environment using PHP and Symfony.
- Worked with Tier-3 tech support to help resolve urgent client issues during disaster recovery scenarios.

### Software Engieering Intern @ Datto, Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Norwalk, CT
Helped develop a backup management portal for client use in an Agile/Scrum environment using PHP and Symfony.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Worcester Polytechnic Institute


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-28