Nicholas Boylan

About Nicholas Boylan

I am a technical leader who specializes in backend development, driving clarity and leading others to solve complex problems in a collaborative environment.

Experience

1. Principal Software Engineer

   Fidelity Investments

   Jul 2023 — Present · Jersey City, NJ, US

   Member of FCAT, the internal emerging technologies incubator of Fidelity Investments.• Successfully converted-to-permanent as L6 engineer (Principal SE).• Primary responsibility: ownership of the Customer-Accounts API, a key component of the Node.js microservices ecosystem powering cryptocurrency & equities trading platforms- User base grew 470+% from July ‘23 to Feb‘25 - Backend: Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript), MongoDB, Mongoose, Kafka - Infrastructure: AWS, Jenkins• Spearheading the utilization of Fidelity\'s internal LLM tooling to streamline the software development process, facilitating a reduction in feature delivery timeline of 50+%(~6 to ~3 weeks)Autonomous Project Delivery• Orchestrate and implement features end-to-end, including timeline projection, KPI selection, deployment, and coordination with Product/QA to ensure alignment on evolving business needs. Two key projects led to date: 1. Account Restrictions Summarization - Support the ability to concurrently update any active account (200k+) based on the shifting cryptocurrency regulatory landscape. Complex data requirements included managing multiple data sinks, including conditional updates to MongoDB collections, Kafka topic publication, & Elasticsearch re-indexing. Cryptocurrency Wallet Address Cancellation - Allow customers to deactivate wallet addresses.Built a vertical facilitating the interaction between external customers & multiple internal business units that manage the cryptocurrency assets (i.e, “own the keys”). On-Call Production Support• Principal engineer (L6) responsible for managing on-call prod support (~12am-4am ET).• Crafted thorough rollout plans & coordinated interaction between Engineering, DBAs, Product, & Prod Support to ensure seamless execution of monthly installs & corresponding validationData Engineering• The ability to swiftly craft ad-hoc scripts to support data analysis in regards to troubleshooting or testing is mission-critical.

Education

• Providence College

  Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government, Minor: Finance

• Hack Reactor

  Software Engineering Immersive

Skills

• Politics
• Microsoft Word
• Spss
• Interpersonal Leadership
• Problem Analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Exchange
• Marketing Strategy
• Media Planning
• Microsoft Office
• Powerpoint
• Marketing
• Social Media Marketing