# Nikhil Nair

> Senior Software Engineer at DraftKings

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

Software Engineer with over 5 years of experience in full-stack development, specializing in building scalable web applications. My technical skill set includes Java, C#, TypeScript, React, Remix, Angular, Node.js, MySQL, Snowflake and AWS

At DraftKings, I work on high-impact projects, delivering performant solutions that improve user experience and drive business outcomes

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ DraftKings Inc.
Jan 2026 – Present

### Software Engineer @ DraftKings Inc.
Jan 2022 – Present | Boston, MA
• Helped design and implemented a system to automatically switch card payment processing to a backup processor, reducing outages by 30 minutes and saving millions of dollars in lost revenue
• Led a project to enable online banking deposits using Plaid, improving deposit speed by 10% and significantly reducing card processor fees
• Participated in on-call rotation: identified, investigated, and resolved live production issues to maintain system reliability

### Software Engineer @ AG Mednet Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Key contributor to the Rapid Release team, developing critical product enhancements to gain market share and serve existing customers
• Revived and optimized a legacy application, increasing trial creation speed by 50%
• Diagnosed, repaired, and supported production systems in a regulated environment to ensure business continuity

### Full Stack Engineer Co-op @ VODA.ai
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Boston
• Led a team of 3 organizing and managing several projects to improve application performance and stability
• Spearheaded a code refactoring project that decreased application loading time by 67%
• Increased sales by adding customized application branding and domains for resellers
• Extended the functionality of the existing application by designing and developing complex widgets and workflows

### Full Stack Engineer Intern @ VODA.ai
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Boston, Massachusetts
• Utilized ESRI’s ArcGIS API to rebuild a web application, decreasing the time required to publish maps by 4 hours
• Enhanced usability by designing and developing more than 15 widgets using React, Redux, NodeJS and MongoDB

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Northeastern University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area
• Mentored, graded assignments and assisted a class of 40 students for CS 5610 (Web Development)
• Conducted office hours to clarify doubts and assist students with React, Angular, Redux, JPA, MongoDB and Node.js

### Software Engineer @ Shell
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Bangalore
• Collaborated with a large international team to manage loyalty point redemption and transaction data 
• Facilitated fuel and product launches in specific markets by configuring, testing and deploying database changes
• Generated several monthly and ad hoc transactional reports to help reimburse retail stores using PL/SQL
• Optimized speed of report generation by 10% by Identifying and fixing inefficiencies in stored procedures

### Software Engineer Intern @ Bharat Electronics
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Bangalore
• Built an interface to communicate with the Varunastra torpedo missile using Qt
• Enabled user interface control of the torpedo with coordinates, desired angles, target destination and other relevant information


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Northeastern University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Information Science
Ramaiah Institute Of Technology
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nikhilnair23

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Last updated: 2026-03-29