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Will NicksonWN

Will Nickson

Software Engineer

€405/day
Manchester, GB
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Will

Full-stack engineer and studio co-founder specialising in building design driven web applications.

I bridge the gap between design and development using Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js to deliver polished digital products for my clients.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Manchester (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Studio Nettle
    Co-Founder and Software Engineer
    January 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)
    Co-founded a design and development studio delivering distinctive brands and custom digital products for businesses.
    • Led client projects from concept to deployment, collaborating with designers to build performant maintainable solutions
    • Delivered front and backend code that integrated with content management systems to streamline client workflows and content updates
    • Configured and maintained hosting, DNS and email infrastructure to ensure reliable performance and uptime
    Next.js Typescript CMS SEO Google Analytics
  • CityLife
    Founder
    September 2023 - Today (2 years and 9 months)
    Founded a software platform offering curated travel guides for major cities worldwide - currently featuring London, New York and Tokyo.
    • Architected a scalable frontend and serverless backend supporting global traffic, rapid product iteration and daily deployments
    • Integrated external APIs for payments, interactive maps, analytics and image hosting
    • Engineered efficient caching strategies to increase application loading speed and reduce third-party API costs
  • Relative Insight
    Full Stack Engineer
    June 2022 - November 2023 (1 year and 5 months)
    Designed and delivered features for the world's leading AI-driven customer intelligence platform - working with product, marketing and data science teams.
    • Collaborated cross-functionally to engineer solutions aligned with business goals
    • Authored and maintained comprehensive technical documentation, reducing developer onboarding time
    • Implemented automated testing pipelines, increasing test coverage and reducing support requests

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Education

  • Bachelor of Science in
    Leeds Beckett University
    2018
    Bachelor of Science in

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