Back End
- .NET C#
- ASP.NET MVC
- Restful Web APIs
- Microservices
- SignalR
- NServiceBus Messaging
- SQL / Mongo
- AWS
- Autoscaling EC2 instances
- API Gateway
- S3 / Cloudfront
- SQS (Simple Queue Service)
- RDS / DynamoDB
Front End
- HTML / CSS
- Responsive Web Design
- Bootstrap / Foundation
- Flexbox
- B.E.M Methodology
- Javascript
- jQuery
- Bootstrap
- D3.js
- Require.js
Native / Mobile
- Native via Xamarin
- Native iOS
- Native Android
- Portable Class Libraries
- Progressive Web Apps
- Application Cache
- Service Workers
Dev Ops
- Continuous Integration
- TeamCity
- SVN
- Team Foundation Server
- Powershell
- Continuous Deployment
- Octopus
- IIS
- Route53
Nick Klufas is a full-stack polyglot software developer with 10 years of experience architecting, implementing and deploying software solutions spanning across web, mobile and desktop environments.
Klufas’ current focus includes designing and building highly scalable C# .NET backend infrastructures. Nick drives development initiatives to harness the power of service-oriented architecture, and the transformation of monolithic applications into individual microservices.
Well versed in the latest technologies, including HTML, CSS and Javascript, Klufas develops thoughtful front-end solutions that provide an excellent user experience. Nick excels in creating technology solutions using a wide range of codebases from traditional ecommerce platforms and dynamic data visualization tools, to Bootstrap and even d3.js.
Klufas believes that quality in code in production is imperative and to achieve this level of quality you must abide by design standards and follow best practices. Ultimately his focus is on producing stable software solutions using continuous integration (TeamCity) and continuous delivery pipeline (.net Octopus).
More than just a developer, Klufas is also an elected official. In 2016, Nick became the youngest elected official in Flagler County history as Palm Coast City Councilman. His public office has helped develop his ability to articulate problems and solutions to a constituency of over 80,000 people. His leadership in public office and ACI’s agile development environment inspires communication and collaboration. In all aspects of his life, he strives to make those around him better and can be a valuable addition to any team.
July 2011 - Present
ACI (First American Financial)
Senior Development Engineer
- Team Leader Responsibilities:
- Oversee team of 4 development engineers
- Plan iterations, establish estimates and assign tasks
- Decide execution path for technology and architecture
- Collaborate with product managers and executive stakeholders
- Translate business needs into features and solutions
- Accomplishments:
- Developed FEMA flood mapping service using ArcGIS, .NET, and python (eliminating $1M annual expenditure)
- Exposed legacy order system via RESTful APIs to integrate a CMS platform for self-service purchasing
- Built a recurring payment system to support subscription models
- Developed iOS and Android applications with react native and Xamarin
July 2009 - 2011
Palm Coast Data
Application Analyst
- Originally hired to translate customer requirements into an AS400
- Built a solution that would directly translate the requirements into JCL (IBM Mainframe) for automatic scheduling
2006-2009 Associate's Degree
2010-2011 | Electrical Engineering
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