Nick Rogers
Engineering Leader, Perpetually Curious Builder
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, blockchain infrastructure, and full-stack development.
Experience
Engineering Manager, Institutional Cold Storage & Staking
Unit 410 · Remote
- Hired and scaled the engineering team from 2 to 5 senior engineers, establishing on-call practices, documentation, and operational standards for a production-grade platform.
- Designed, built, and shipped a semantic framework for representing on-chain client intent, replacing manual workflows and increasing cold-storage operational throughput 10×.
- Designed, built, and shipped an onboarding flow. Used by 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 a full-stack performance overhaul (React rendering, Next.js SSR, DB query optimization, Redis caching), reducing page load from ~5s to under 300ms. Added Datadog monitoring / alerts to prevent regressions.
- Led modernization of the product services platform, migrating from Material UI to shadcn/ui + Tailwind to establish a unified design system.
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.
Tech Lead Manager, Managed Services Corda
R3 · NYC Metro
- Led a team of 6 engineers in UX design, full-stack development, and CI/CD for Corda Managed Services.
Software Engineer, Disaster Recovery, Tokens, Payments
R3 · NYC Metro
- Built a collaborative disaster recovery system using Difference Digest for efficient set reconciliation.
- Designed and built an extensible integration layer for payment service providers.
Solutions Engineer
R3 · NYC Metro, Sidney, Rio, London
- Led pre-sales and architecture engagements with global customers.
Consultant, Strategy & Technology
Konrad Group · Toronto
- Defined digital strategy and product roadmaps for client transformation efforts.
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 · Completed
Bachelor of Commerce
Smith School of Business, Queen's University · 2012 – 2016
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 🐱🐱