Nick Chao

Aspiring Platform Engineer

Nick codes, runs, and writes stuff. At work, he's worn different hats: Software Engineer, Cloud Support, and DevOps/Infra. At leisure, he runs marathon and is somewhat addicted to Strava. He also writes blogs on Medium and threads.

See his Github and LinkedIn for more.

Experience

New York University

DevOps/Infra Engineer • Jun, 2023 — May, 2024

Researched and developed software proofs-of-concepts for Kubernetes and GitLab CI.

Microsoft

Cloud Support Engineer Intern • Jul, 2021 — Jan, 2022

Gave partners and clients enablement workshops on Azure and Power Platform.

Glossika

Software Engineer Intern • Apr, 2020 — Jun, 2020

Worked with the start-up CEO to develop a full-stack web service with Vue and Flask.

Education

New York University

Master of Science, Computer Science • 2022 — 2024

National Taiwan University

Bachelor of Science, Information Systems • 2016 — 2022

Leaderships

Student Prgroam Lead

NYU Vertically Integrated Project • Feb, 2023 — May, 2024

Orchestrated 40 students on 10 open-sourced software projects, interfaced with researchers to pitch project ideas, and mentored 3 fellow students on Kubernetes projects.

Student Ambassador Lead

Amazon Web Services • Sep, 2020 — Mar, 2021

Grew an AWS student community from 0 to 1k in 3 months by giving AWS workshops for 200+ students and faculties.