Nick Cross

Building polished web apps, mobile applications, and robust APIs.
Obsessed with great UX, clean architecture, and products that just work.

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Product Engineer, End to End

I'm a fullstack software engineer who loves the full journey of building a product, from designing intuitive UIs to crafting fast, well-documented APIs. Whether it's a web app, a mobile app, or a backend service, I care about the details that make software feel great to use.

My primary focus is product engineering: React and Next.js on the frontend, Node.js and Go on the backend, React Native for cross-platform mobile, and PostgreSQL for data. I also have hands-on DevOps experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and cloud deployments, so I can ship and maintain what I build end-to-end.

I believe great software is readable, well-tested, and a pleasure to maintain. I bring that mindset to every codebase I work in.

Fullstack Dev

End-to-end product development from REST APIs to interactive UIs, with a focus on performance and DX.

Mobile Apps

Cross-platform iOS & Android with React Native and Expo. Native feel, shared codebase.

API Design

RESTful and GraphQL APIs built for clarity, performance, and great developer experience.

DevOps

Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, security scanning, and cloud deployments. I ship what I build.

The Full Stack

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Frontend 8 skills
React JavaScript HTML / CSS Tailwind CSS Alpine.js Vite jQuery Swift
Backend 13 skills
Go Java Python C# / .NET PHP Laravel Node.js Spring Boot MongoDB MySQL PostgreSQL SQLite SQL
DevOps 4 skills
Docker AWS Azure Terraform
Tools 5 skills
Git VS Code Visual Studio JUnit Selenium

What I've Built

Web

OnBoard: Real-Time Collaborative Kanban

A self-hostable, real-time collaborative Kanban board. Drag a card in one browser window and watch it move instantly in every other member's window, with live presence avatars and an activity feed. Built on Laravel 11 with Laravel Reverb for self-hosted websockets, a full role-based authorization model (owner / editor / viewer), and a transaction-safe drag-and-drop reordering engine. Deployable for $0/month on free-tier hosting with no server to maintain.

Laravel PHP PostgreSQL Docker
Web

Professor Zaaa's Pizza Restaurant

A bold, neon-accented website for one of the top pizza places in Windsor. Features a dynamic video hero section with floating image cards, a full menu with category navigation, an online ordering flow, customer reviews, and social integration. Built as a visually striking single-page experience with smooth scroll animations and a custom neon aesthetic.

HTML CSS JavaScript
Web

TOR Signature Events: Wedding Planning

An elegant multi-page website for a wedding planning and design service. Showcases tiered service packages, a curated gallery, client testimonials, and a contact/inquiry flow. Designed with refined typography (Cormorant Garamond), subtle scroll animations, and a layout that communicates luxury and trust, helping couples find their perfect planning experience.

HTML CSS JavaScript

Shipping & Deployment

I own the full deployment lifecycle: automated pipelines, containerisation, security scanning, and cloud hosting.

Code

Feature branch → PR with lint checks, unit tests & type checks via pre-commit hooks

CI

GitHub Actions runs build, test suite, SAST scan & container image build on every push

Security

Trivy image scan, Snyk dependency audit & OWASP ZAP integration test in staging

Deploy

ArgoCD GitOps syncs to Kubernetes. Canary rollout with automatic rollback on error rate spike

Observe

Prometheus + Grafana + Loki + Tempo. Full metrics, logs & distributed traces

AWS / GCP

EKS, RDS Aurora, S3, CloudFront, GKE, Cloud Run, IAM, VPC design

Kubernetes

Cluster autoscaling, RBAC, network policies, Helm charts, custom operators

Terraform

Multi-environment workspaces, remote state, module registries, Atlantis PR automation

Observability

Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, PagerDuty integration

Let's Build Something

Open to fullstack software engineering roles: web, mobile, API, or product engineering. Also available for consulting and open source work.

Location Ontario, Canada · Available Remote
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