Summary
Nicholas Manna is a versatile software engineer and founder with a decade of experience spanning embedded systems, product leadership, and scalable software. As Co-Founder of a SaaS startup since 2024, he blends hands-on development with strategic product direction and customer-focused iteration. Previously, he led the internal shared infrastructure at Game Hive to accelerate mobile game development and achieve broad product-market-fit, handling backend stability for tens of thousands of DAU. His background includes firmware and Python-based testing harness development for IoT at Otto LLC, as well as software tooling and CI/CD work at Autodesk, Evertz, and Apple. He holds a BEng in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering from the University of Waterloo, is based in Old Toronto, Canada, and is known for wearing many hats across hardware, firmware, and software domains.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at University of Waterloo