# Nicholas Tran

> Software Engineer at Middesk

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nicholastran1

When I was a child, I always enjoyed filling out the Math workbooks my mother brung home. There was always something to complete, a problem that needed to be solved. If I bumped into a wall of numbers, I wouldn't relax until my brain could understand and climb over it. Needless to say, I love solving problems. 

Growing up I loved martial arts movies: Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Jet Li. I especially loved films such as Rocky where we have our underdog training to defeat the man on top. The self growth through sheer hard work and training is the most captivating part of these movies. It inspires me to keep pushing forward even if the path I choose doesn't yield the highest rewards. Working to improve rather than working for physical rewards is a huge part of influencing the decisions I make. Even in college studying for my CS degree, I reached many hurdles: long hours at night coding, obscure bugs affecting my test results etc. Even if I wouldn't get all the points possible or the grade I wanted, I powered through them because I know the knowledge that I've gained for myself will be worth the struggles I endured.

Even now, I love learning new technologies, new techniques, and new understandings which will impact my self-growth. The process of becoming stronger is the biggest self-motivation I have for pursuing my future goals so that I may apply my impact on this world for the better.

Specialty Languages: Python, Ruby/Rails, Java
Interests: Full Stack Dev, Databases

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Middesk
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Entity Management

### Senior Software Engineer @ LeanData
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Santa Clara, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ LeanData
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Santa Clara, California, United States

### Web Administrator @ BongLED Balloons
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | California, United States
Web Admin for their Wordpress site. 
Handled their ordering system accepting payments along with setting up the main page.
Update WordPress core, themes, and plugins to ensure the site remains secure and functional.
Ensure all content is SEO-optimized to improve search engine rankings.

### Full Stack Cohort @ Hatchways (YC S19)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Participated in Co-op at Hatchways. Developed a full-stack application (Kanban Board) using the MERN stack + Material-UI with some React Context for application management. Front and back end hooked by REST. Worked in a Agile/Scrum setting (team of 4) using Zenhub as the agile framework. Mainly worked on the full-stack/backend portions of app. Created features for web-app such as email notifications, profile picture uploading (using AWS S3), calendar integrations, etc.

### Software Engineer Intern @ ClinWiki
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
Full Stack Engineering internship. Developed autocomplete functionality to search terms for the web app while simultaneously adding several UI improvements/bug fixes to front end. Developed using Ruby on Rails for backend and Typescript for front-end connected through graphQL.

Simultaneously helped plan and produce a video that explains the non-profit's core values that made it to semi-finals in the c3 competition (a competition that raises the spotlight for spreading new ideas of cancer care).

### Software Intern @ Map2Next
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
I worked part-time while attending classes in college. I created tools in Python to web index travel guides such as PlanetWare and RoadAffair. I also updated the database with images ported from Foursquare that more than doubled image counts for particular venues in San Francisco.
Worked in a small team environment.

### CS61A Lab Assistant @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Berkeley, California
Explained concepts and assist coursework in Berkeley's introductory computer science course: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (CS 61A) for students during lab and office hours


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Economics
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nicholas-tran-2b020b133

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Last updated: 2026-04-10