Nicholas Fealey

About Me

I'm a software engineer in Philadelphia, PA. My skill set includes data engineering, front-end development, building computers, and exploring upcoming technologies.

I have a strong interest in blockchain technology, finance, urban planning, and I’m also very passionate about privacy & photography.

Work Experience

PepsiCo, Remote ( November 2022 - Present )

Data Engineer
Builds data pipelines in Apache Airflow to drive business insights
Upgrades data pipelines from processing email-sent data to use API sources where available
Led initiative to standardize data pipelines across the team, ensuring consistent DAG structures that improved usability and reduced debugging time
Writes unit tests for data pipelines
Use tools and languages such as Python, Airflow, Snowflake, AWS, and REST APIs

1010data, New York, NY ( October 2020 - November 2022 )

Data Engineer
Built data pipelines in Apache Airflow to bridge data from various data sources into the 1010 platform
Built custom airflow operator to facilitate data flow from SFTP to AWS S3
Used tools and languages such as Python, REST/SOAP APIs, web scraping, 1010 query language, and K

Publicis Sapient, New York, NY ( June 2019 - October 2020 )

Software Engineer
Built data connectors in Python to automate the flow of data between various platforms using a variety of APIs/interfaces for a Fortune 500 company
Automated the sanitization and validation of data flowing through data connectors
Created and executed structured deployment plans when updating production code
Built and integrated a REST API in GCP to scrape web data in real time with Selenium and Beautiful Soup
Used tools such as Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Storage, Google Big Query, Jenkins, JIRA, and Docker

Federal Reserve Board of Governors, DC ( June 2018 - August 2018 )

Software Engineer
Achieved a ~37% reduction in asset size across the landing pages by optimizing images
Achieved a ~90% reduction in project build time by improving the Gulpfile
Achieved an improvement of ~200ms in the website’s rendering time by incorporating CSS & JS minification, concatenation of CSS/JS files, and critical rendering improvements
Researched and delivered a deployment plan to determine best practices for HTTP compression algorithms

Ahold Delhaize, Quincy, MA ( July 2016 - December 2016 )

Front End Engineer
Built a mobile optimized front end for a chatbot application
Built POCs to facilitate the team’s tech stack selection using React, React Native, NativeScript, AngularJS, Node.js, and Ionic
Used Agile Scrum methodology, JIRA
Reduced load time in website and mobile apps by optimizing images

Web Developer
Built website to showcase a graduate forensics research project

Securities Training Corporation, New York, NY ( June 2015 - August 2015 )

IT Support Technician
Staffed a helpline for clients and employees
Tested Ebook interface for clients on desktop and mobile devices

Volunteer Work

South of South Neighborhood Association, Philadelphia, PA ( Dec 2023 - Present )

Elected Board member and elected zoning committee member
Technology Support for the organization
Facilities community zoning meetings
Gather public input, votes, and contribute my own insights to discussions on proposed zoning changes or other neighborhood improvements
Clean and Green committee member
Vision Zero committee member