Nathan Orick
Lead Software Engineer | Web Performance & Full-Stack Tech Lead
cnathanorick@gmail.com | nathanorick.com
Experience
Capital One Senior Software Engineer, Auto Navigator
August 2022 - Present
- Unblocked a stalled strategic initiative by directing a rotating team of engineers, negotiating scope with Product, and defining a CMS-agnostic BFF architecture that enabled a seamless zero-frontend-change CMS migration.
- Designed and own the high-throughput Content BFF (NestJS/Node): architected a delta-updating in-memory caching strategy that reduced search/list response times from 12.2s to 78.4ms (~99.4% latency reduction).
- Served as Web Performance Lead across the platform — doubled search Lighthouse scores (26 → 65) and cut Largest Contentful Paint by 50%; presented architectural strategy to executive leadership and recognized with top enterprise engineering awards.
- Executed complex production platform cutovers, including an 8+ app AWS CloudFront Gen2→Gen3 account migration (~1s cutover downtime) and a multi-phase CMS migration validated by 148 automated parity tests.
- Appointed Testing Champion, leading the org to become the first team to achieve top-tier enterprise testing standards ahead of deadline; authored the 2026 SEO indexation architecture projected to reclaim ~8.2M Google crawl budget URLs.
Aveva / OSIsoft Software Developer (I → II → Sr)
June 2018 – July 2022
- Designed, built, and maintained enterprise Angular applications and Azure cloud microservices across customer platforms.
- Promoted through 3 engineering tiers while leading UX/UI design initiatives and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Mentored interns and junior developers, establishing code review practices and regular technical knowledge-sharing sessions.
OSIsoft, LLC Development Co-op
January 2016 – August 2017
- Upgraded community portal UI components from Angular 1 to Angular 4, significantly improving performance and maintainability.
- Built data-analysis tools and automated component unit testing using Jasmine to ensure high product quality.
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
May 2025
Projects
The Neighbours Venice Biennale 2024 Art Installation
May 2024
- Engineered Python IoT media streaming software and Home Assistant failsafe orchestration for the Bulgarian Pavilion at the 60th Venice Art Biennale.
Cultivator Angular PWA Companion
July 2023 - Present
- Built an Angular PWA mobile companion for Tiller spreadsheets with client-side Google API OAuth and zero-backend storage.
Auto Guest Login Home Assistant Add-On
January 2023
- Created an open-source Docker & Node.js Home Assistant Add-on enabling frictionless guest account authentication via QR code & URL.
Education
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Graduated May 2018
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Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Mathematics Minor GPA: 3.99/4.00
Skills
agile, akamai, angular, angularjs, astro, aws, azure, azure devops, c, c#, c++, cloudfront, core web vitals, css, dotnet, dynamodb, figma, git, html, iam, jasmine, javascript, jest, lambda, lighthouse, mocha, nestjs, new relic, nodejs, npm, openfeature, opentelemetry, optimizely, pager duty, playwright, pwa, python, redis, s3, scrum, seo, solidjs, splunk, sql, svelte, testing, typescript, ux, waf, webpack