Software engineer with 5+ years of experience building reliable backend services, distributed cloud systems, developer platforms, and applied AI products.
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Apr 2026—Present
Nick Vaughn Industries
Founder & Independent Engineer
Provide independent engineering consulting, freelance AI/backend development, and startup product prototyping focused on creating software with a positive human impact.
Designed a multi-agent system architecture for adaptive training in collaboration with an AI-focused Japanese companyCreated a collaborative multi-model AI agent Scrum team using Claude, DeepSeek, and custom models to automate issue creation and project management rolesEngaged a community of over 500,000 LinkedIn interactions through open-source projects helping engineers learn AI and find job opportunitiesShipped the OpenUp game application, processing 5M+ tokens to gather UX insights, product validation, and guide future startup directionsActed as engineering manager for the Nexus Initiative, leading an international team of volunteers building community-focused AI projects
Python
TypeScript
GCP
SQLite
VectorDB
Hugging Face
Multi-Agent Systems
Founder & Independent Engineer
Nick Vaughn Industries · Apr 2026—Present
Provide independent engineering consulting, freelance AI/backend development, and startup product prototyping focused on creating software with a positive human impact.
Designed a multi-agent system architecture for adaptive training in collaboration with an AI-focused Japanese company
Created a collaborative multi-model AI agent Scrum team using Claude, DeepSeek, and custom models to automate issue creation and project management roles
Engaged a community of over 500,000 LinkedIn interactions through open-source projects helping engineers learn AI and find job opportunities
Shipped the OpenUp game application, processing 5M+ tokens to gather UX insights, product validation, and guide future startup directions
Acted as engineering manager for the Nexus Initiative, leading an international team of volunteers building community-focused AI projects
Full Stack Developer
TCWGlobal · Sep 2024—Aug 2025
Led the modernization of a global workforce platform while delivering practical Generative AI, cloud, performance, and workflow improvements for business-critical products.
Improved dashboard load performance by 26% and reduced support tickets by 34%
Designed a RAG solution operating below $5/month to replace a $100K vendor option
Helped revive a near-cancelled platform that reached beta and 10+ corporate clients
Software Development Engineer II (L5)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Oct 2021—May 2024
Designed and operated distributed backend, serverless, and network-automation systems while owning production reliability, technical enablement, and cross-team delivery.
API and infrastructure patterns adopted across 17 AWS teams
Supported an AWS Security migration handling up to 10M transactions per second
Raised Go and TypeScript backend test coverage from 0% to more than 80%
Trained 2,000+ engineers and led a four-engineer delivery effort
Embedded Software Engineer
Omron Automation · Jul 2020—Sep 2021
Developed safety-critical C++ control software for industrial robots running on QNX real-time systems and debugged the boundary between hardware and software.
Improved embedded release and testing efficiency by 60%
Built drivers and interfaces for encoders, amplifiers, and I2C peripherals
FPGA Engineer (Contract)
Omron Automation · Jan 2020—Jul 2020
Developed modular FPGA designs, verification strategies, and hardware-debugging methods for mobile and stationary robotics.
Built verification approaches for synthesized logic and external hardware modules
