Nick Rogers
Engineering Leader, Perpetually Curious
Profile
Nick is an ex-consultant turned engineering leader who takes complex, ambiguous problems and builds consensus around clear technical direction. He combines strong communication with deep technical experience across distributed systems, AI-enabled software delivery, and full-stack development.
Experience
Forward Deployed Engineer
Interval · Remote
- Built executive alignment on product strategy; approved within 90 days.
- Built narrative case study and clickable prototype to build cross-company alignment.
- Leading delivery for largest client, a multi-billion-dollar Vietnamese conglomerate.
CTO & Cofounder
Physarum Labs · Remote
- Designed a token-backed protocol for commoditizing decentralized WebRTC infrastructure.
- Built an MCP system to talk with your agent from any internet-connected device over decentralized WebRTC.
- Made open-source contributions to Trystero, a serverless WebRTC matchmaking library.
Engineering Manager, Institutional Cold Storage & Staking
Unit 410 · Remote
- Scaled to 5 senior engineers. Defined team culture, delivery expectations and operational standards.
- Increased cold storage system throughput by ~10x using a semantic framework to represent client intent.
- Designed, built, and shipped an onboarding flow. Onboarded 10+ net-new customers representing ($1B+ in AUM).
- Replaced auth stack and built smart card MFA from scatch to support VIP client onboarding ($100M+ in AUM).
- Led full-stack performance overhaul (SSR, query optimization, cacheing), reducing LCP from ~5s to <300ms.
- Led modernization of the product services platform, migrating from Material UI to shadcn/ui + Tailwind.
Software Engineer, Blockchain Node Engine
Google · NYC Metro
- Helped stand up the greenfield Blockchain Node Engine (BNE) team and ship v1 of a new Google Cloud service.
- Worked across frontend and backend systems to enable the deployment of 100+ managed nodes within BNE.
Software Engineer, Data / Governance Analytics / Governor
Messari · NYC Metro
- Built and shipped an ingestion service for Snapshot governance data. Ingested ~200K events daily.
- Deprecated reconciliation workflows with a new headless CMS. Reduced latency from ~10 min to instantaneous.
Software Engineer - TLM, Managed Services / Payments / Disaster Recovery
R3 · NYC Metro
- Led development of Managed Services. Built an extensible integration layer for payment providers
- Built a collaborative disaster recovery system using Difference Digest for efficient set reconciliation.
Solutions Engineer
R3 · NYC Metro, Sidney, Rio, London
Consultant, Strategy & Technology
Konrad Group · Toronto
Projects
Flourish & Decay
Browser-native strategy game and live beta exploring collectible gameplay, adversarial state, realtime coordination, and on-chain settlement patterns.
Education
Applied AI Program Graduate
Deep Atlas
Bachelor of Commerce
Smith School of Business, Queen's University
Interests
Board Games 🎲 · Agents & AI 🤖 · 3D Printing 📦 · Mesh Networks (LoRa, WiFi, Bluetooth) 📡 · Muay Thai 🥊 · Hiking with wife Jess and daughter Charlotte 🥾🌲 · Reading white papers 📄 · Alpine skiing ⛷️ · Cats Charlie and Moe 🐱🐱