NIKOLAI SOOKNARINE
Austin,TX
Summary
Dedicated and adaptable professional with a proactive attitude and the ability to learn quickly. Strong work ethic and effective communication skills. Eager to contribute to a dynamic team and support organizational goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Delivery Driver Assistant
Self-employeed
Poughkeepsie, NY
07.2019 - 08.2022
- Assisted drivers in loading and unloading delivery vehicles efficiently.
- Navigated delivery routes to ensure timely arrival at customer locations.
- Maintained accurate records of deliveries and collected necessary signatures.
- Used hand truck to deliver heavy or multiple packages to business and residential locations.
Software Engineer
YEXT
New York, NY
01.2013 - 11.2018
- Migrated codebase from Java 7 to 8 which included updating our web framework(Spring) and ORM (Hibernate) as well as code changes to thousands of files with no downtime
- Added telemetry (Graphite + Grafana) to Web and RPC frameworks to allow our engineering teams access to performance monitoring dashboards with little to no work on their part
- Created highly available and scalable backend services in Go including a GeoHash Search service and a photo storage and resizing(ImageMagick) service hosted in AWS (S3/EC2/DynamoDB)
- Removed credentials out of code and scripts into a secure system (Vault) for improved security and compliance
- Came up with and implemented a system to easily screen bad messages from message queues(RabbitMQ) which had previously required services to be re-deployed
- Served on an on-call rotation for our highest availability services
- Wrote core RPC framework in Go
- Mentored new hires and interns. Conducted roughly 40 interviews
Lead Developer
BEDROOM FURNITURE DISCOUNTS
New York, NY
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Developed a CRM and order management system(Python + Django) for an e-commerce company with $10m a year in revenue
- Integrated CRM with vendor web service APIs
- Managed off-site developers for maintenance and upgrades of platform
Education
THE LAUTERSTEIN-CONWAY MASSAGE SCHOOL
Austin Tx10-2025
Some College (No Degree) - Computer Science
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
11-2010
High School -
STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL
01.2009
Skills
- Swedish massage techniques
- Manual dexterity
- Interpersonal skills
- Professional ethics
- Anatomy knowledge
- Multi-tasking ability
- Communication skills
- Conflict resolution
- Flexible work hours
Affiliations
- Motorcycles
- Swimming
- Texas Hold'em
Timeline
Delivery Driver Assistant
Self-employeed
07.2019 - 08.2022
Software Engineer
YEXT
01.2013 - 11.2018
Lead Developer
BEDROOM FURNITURE DISCOUNTS
01.2011 - 01.2013
THE LAUTERSTEIN-CONWAY MASSAGE SCHOOL
Some College (No Degree) - Computer Science
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
High School -
STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL