I love creating elegant solutions for tough problems. I care deeply about creating delightful user experiences. My preferred platform is the web—utilizing modern best practices and open source technologies. I am perpetually learning and adapt to new domains and technologies quickly. I love sharing my knowledge and encouraging others to learn with me.

Frontend Engineering Lead @ Frontend Engineering Lead (September 2013–February 2015) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Collaborated to spec, develop, test, and release the premium course and Nanodegree products. - Drove entire software lifecycle for key live-tutoring features and infrastructure. - Helped mentor junior engineers and contributors outside engineering. - Led cross-team initiatives with design, content, and marketing. - Implemented top growth initiatives, which led to significant metric improvements. - Created, refined, and oversaw frontend hiring process. - Executed marketing SEO, content creation, and A/B testing projects. Software Engineer (September 2012–September 2013) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Developed, tested, and maintained the core Udacity classroom application. - Product-managed and led development of fully rewritten course content tools. - Designed and delivered Udacity's first premium product as lead engineer on a five-person team. - Implemented a modern test and build process for the site frontend. - Led AngularJS adoption to help facilitate a fully-rewritten new site launch. - Coauthored internal frontend guidelines and best practices built on open web standards. From September 2012 to February 2015 (2 years 6 months) Associate Application Developer @ - Analyzed complex customer and regulatory requirements in the Payroll field - Delivered new features and functionality with Workday's high level development technology From September 2011 to August 2012 (1 year) Teaching Assistant @ - Reengineered course assignments and activities to increase student engagement and material mastery. - Worked with individual students as needed to help them achieve success in the course. - Worked closely with the professor to meet and exceed state requirements and his personal learning objectives. From July 2009 to July 2011 (2 years 1 month) Software Engineering Intern @ - Interned on the OS X Server Experience Team, working on OS X 10.7 - Utilized Ruby and Objective-C based technologies. - Designed and developed on both frontend and backend. From June 2010 to September 2010 (4 months) Software Engineering Intern @ Developer on the Operations Tools team ------------------------------------------------------ - Designed, implemented, deployed, and maintained multiple internal tools using a LAMP stack. - Leveraged the latest company infrastructure for new tool development. - Communicated with multiple teams to gather and analyze requirements. - Analyzed network infrastructure and build systems to provide real-time data and pragmatic analyses. From June 2008 to March 2010 (1 year 10 months)

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Software Engineering @ California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo From 2006 to 2011 Pacific Collegiate High School From 2000 to 2006 Nicolas Artman is skilled in: JavaScript, HTML + CSS, jQuery, Ruby, Java, TextMate, OmniGraffle, Public Speaking, Mac OS X, AngularJS, Node.js, MongoDB, PHP, Functional Programming, Object Oriented Design