Nick Poulden
Senior Engineer at Backpack
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Poulden is a Senior Engineer with 17 years of experience delivering scalable web and blockchain-enabled applications. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he currently applies rapid development expertise as a Senior Engineer at Backpack, balancing front-end work with server management. His background spans Ethereum smart contracts, Solidity, React, GraphQL, Node.js, and IPFS from Origin Protocol, and leadership in UI architecture at Palo Alto Networks, with early leadership on Sencha’s AT&T HTML5 SDK projects. A proven architect and hands-on coder, he has contributed to open-source projects such as jsduck, adding author fields and moving toward an MVC structure, and implemented Redux-based state management in complex UIs. He earned a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Warwick and has a track record across startups and enterprise, blending product delivery with robust, secure engineering.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Leighton ParkBachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at University of Warwick
Github Skills (19)
javascript10
ui-d10
ext-js10
mvc10
ui-design10
redux10
javascripts10
front-end-development10
state-management10
frontend-development10
react10
parser9
parsing9
parse9
documentations8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
OriginProtocol/origin
Apr 2018 - May 2020
Monorepo for our developer tools and decentralized marketplace application
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:365 commits, 1002 PRs, 1486 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Nick's commits focused on front-end development within the Origin Protocol marketplace repository. They added Redux for state management, cleaned up warnings, and modified the ListingsGrid, ListingDetail, MyPurchaseCard, ListingCreate, src/Store.js, and src/reducers/Listings.js. These changes included implementing the new Redux state managment and refactoring the styling and code to provide the functionality requested. The commits demonstrated a focus on UI modifications, code cleanup, and integration of Redux for the application.
marketplacemonoreporeactdappethereum
senchalabs/jsduck
Apr 2011 - Sep 2011
Simple JavaScript Duckumentation generator.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:14 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Nick contributed to the development of the JavaScript Duckumentation generator. They added new fields to the code for author and alternate class names. Their work included modifications to the parser, merger, and aggregator files. Additionally, they initiated a conversion to an MVC structure, suggesting a focus on improving the application's architecture.
javascript
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