# Nikhil Swaminathan

> Senior Software Engineer at Coast | Ex-Amazon

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

Currently a Software Development Engineer at Coast in the Fintech space, specializing in backend development.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Coast
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Coast
Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Software Development Engineer II @ Amazon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Working with Java/AWS in the FinTech organization to build APIs for Amazon's accounts payable payments transmission.

### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

### Software Engineer Intern @ Ancestry
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Working on the API Team with RxJava to write non-blocking REST APIs using Applogic for various teams within Ancestry to improve throughput and decrease traffic; using Agile development practices
Working on moving the team to AWS Fargate and providing a proof of concept to migrate from Kubernetes due to HIPAA compliance

### Software Engineering Intern @ Cisco
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Developed an analytics tool to parse, filter, and display packet captures in order to automate the diagnosis and examination of potential issues in network communication.
Developed python scripts to parse and feed captures into ElasticSearch and Kibana. Added additional filters to allow automatic error detection.

### Software Intern @ Tutorfly Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area
Worked with React, Meteor, and Redux to work on full-stack on the Tutorfly website and add new features such as finding tutors by geolocation and redesigning the dashboard.

### Technology Intern @ Blackhawk Network
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked with Docker, Kubernetes, Node.js, and Vue.js to create a Facebook Messenger extension that allows for easy sending of gift cards through a peer to peer chat. Integrated with Facebook APIs as well as Blackhawk Network APIs. Extension is currently deployed on Messenger under "GiftCards.com".


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
UCLA
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### High School
Evergreen Valley High School
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-20