Nickolas Graham

About Nickolas Graham

I’m an engineering leader with nearly a decade of experience building and scaling backend, data, and platform systems. At The Home Depot, I lead a team delivering scalable data platform capabilities on Google Cloud—empowering our marketing and analytics teams to build high-impact, self-service data solutions.Core strengths:• Distributed Systems – Designed cloud-native ingestion and analytics platforms at scale using Google Cloud Platform (GCP)• Cloud Architecture (GCP) – Built end-to-end solutions with BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub. Experienced in developing and deploying microservices and Graph APIs• Technical Leadership – Led cross-functional teams and guided architecture from PoC to production• Python – Applied across orchestration, ETL, observability tooling, and rapid delivery of platform features• Data Engineering – Delivered high-volume, trusted pipelines supporting $400M+ in media spend analyticsGreat systems start with great conversations. I lead through trust, consistency, and open feedback—and believe the strongest teams combine deep technical craft with shared product ownership. I collaborate closely with analysts, product managers, and data scientists to ensure we’re solving the right problems and building the right abstractions.I believe in iterative development, a bias for speed to market, and ruthless prioritization to ensure my teams are always focused on delivering the highest-impact solutions. I’m open to connecting with teams building the next generation of backend or platform infrastructure—always happy to chat

Experience

1. Software Engineer Manager

   The Home Depot

   Aug 2024 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Lead a team of 15 engineers responsible for delivering scalable, self-service data platform capabilities on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), supporting the marketing technology and analytics organizations.• Own technical strategy and delivery across data ingestion, QA automation, and syndication pipelines using BigQuery, Dataform, and Airflow, and Kubernetes• Partner with analysts, product managers, and data scientists to align platform features with business needs• Introduced GCP-native observability tooling and alerting, reducing pipeline downtime by 60%• Spearheaded QA and lineage automation, increasing trust and discoverability for stakeholders across $400M+ in media analytics• Drive team culture focused on ownership, fast delivery, and consistent feedback• Led the design and implementation of a medallion-layered architecture using BigQuery and Dataform

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Devices and Information Internetworks

  2012 — 2017

Skills

• Public Speaking
• Angular 2/4
• Os X
• Microservices
• Typescript
• Teamwork
• Microsoft Office
• Customer Service
• Html
• English
• Python
• Javascript
• Continuous Improvement
• Research
• Bootstrap
• Oracle Database
• Supply Chain
• Cloud Foundry
• Windows
• Github
• Css
• Continuous Delivery
• C
• Angularjs
• Social Media
• Java
• Informix
• Ubuntu
• Team Leadership
• Microsoft Sql Server