Nick Baker

Continued · Remote

Lead engineering for a professional continuing-education platform serving millions of users across healthcare, education, and professional licensing. Architected the migration from monolith to federated microservices while maintaining zero downtime during live webinar traffic spikes.

• Architected 10-service federated GraphQL platform (Apollo Router + Laravel microservices) handling millions of course enrollments
• Lead team through live webinar spikes — real-time CE credit tracking with zero downtime during peak concurrent sessions
• Designed event-driven architecture (AWS SNS/SQS) decoupling domains for independent scaling under load
• Integrated Elasticsearch across 6+ indices powering sub-second search for courses, users, articles, and B2B catalogs
• Established TDD culture with comprehensive test suites (PHPUnit + Pest) maintained across Laravel framework upgrades
• Consistently delivered projects on-time or ahead of estimates through disciplined scoping and first-principles thinking
• Lead with empathy — built a team culture where engineers feel ownership, not just assignment

Continued · Remote

Promoted from Senior Developer to Dev Manager. Grew and mentored the engineering team while driving technical modernization of the platform. Hands-on leadership — writing code, reviewing PRs, and unblocking the team daily.

• Grew engineering team while maintaining high code quality standards and shipping cadence
• Introduced code review culture and TDD practices that became organizational standards
• Drove platform modernization: upgraded core infrastructure, improved deployment pipelines, reduced technical debt
• Managed integrations with Auth0, Recurly (billing), Kaltura (video), and Snowflake (data lake)
• Built reputation for solving complex cross-domain problems others avoided

Continued (formerly Healthy Hearing) · Remote

Full-stack senior developer and infrastructure lead for a growing healthcare e-learning platform. Built core features from database to UI, managed production servers, and established engineering practices that scaled with the team.

• Built and maintained core platform features serving healthcare professionals nationwide
• Managed production infrastructure — server provisioning, monitoring, database optimization
• Established foundational engineering practices: version control workflows, deployment automation, coding standards
• Solved complex performance problems — query optimization, caching strategies, and scalability planning

WebTechNick LLC · Rio Rancho, NM

Full-stack consulting practice building production SaaS applications, AI-powered products, and high-availability systems. Architecting, deploying, and maintaining applications end-to-end for clients across industries.

• Architected and deployed 5+ production SaaS applications with real-time features (WebSockets, broadcasting, live updates)
• Built AI-integrated products with OpenAI, queue-driven pipelines (Horizon), and event-driven architectures
• Designed zero-downtime Docker deployments with automated TLS, healthchecks, and resource management
• Delivered trading-signal platforms with priority queues, CI/CD pipelines, and algorithmic scoring engines
• Engineered engineering-metrics dashboards with multi-provider ETL and container-native delivery (GHCR)
• Consistently beat delivery estimates — disciplined scoping and pragmatic architectural decisions