Nick Culpin
Software Engineer
Summary
Software engineer with a decade-plus of experience shipping mobile and web products end-to-end. I've led engineering teams, built the infrastructure behind them, and taken products from first prototype to production scale. Core stack: TypeScript, React, React Native, Node.js.
Experience
Grifin
Senior Software Engineer
- •Build and ship cross-platform mobile features with React Native and Expo.
- •Own cloud infrastructure on AWS, including CI/CD, deployment pipelines, and backend services that support the mobile stack.
Activ3 Inc.
Engineering Manager, Mobile Engineer
- •Led engineering roadmap for the Cafeteria social platform and its SDK rollout.
- •Designed and built iOS and Android applications with a CI/CD pipeline on Expo.
- •Bridged design and engineering to streamline asset delivery across the org.
- •Built internal design systems for color, animation, and cross-platform code sharing using React, Expo, Figma, and Rive.
Kaimo, LLC
Owner, Technical Product Manager, Software Engineer
- •Grew the business 40% in two years by building creative-automation systems, infrastructure, and internal tooling.
- •Boosted creative-team productivity 45% in six months with product-visualization web apps and custom APIs on AWS, JavaScript, Node.js, React, and TypeScript.
- •Delivered customer-facing UIs and documentation using 3D, WebGL, and modern web frameworks like Next.js.
MatchCo / Shiseido Americas
Software Engineer
- •Migrated an iOS app from Objective-C to React Native, improving scalability across platforms and brands. Testing efficiency up 50% in three months.
- •Drove a 25% increase in customer retention through model photoshoots that improved native camera systems and printed custom foundation. Data collection powered the ML training set.
- •Led engineering projects with executive and technical stakeholders across internal brands including bareMinerals and Laura Mercier.
Travelear
Owner, Software Engineer
- •Reached 20,000 MAU and lifted engagement 20% year-over-year through continuous testing and community outreach.
- •Earned an AppleVis Hall of Fame nomination (2019) and App Store Health & Wellness feature (2018) by working closely with visually-impaired users to improve accessibility.
- •Shipped iOS and web apps from concept to launch in under a year using Swift, React, and Firebase.
Zazzle
Product Systems Engineer
- •Cut average time-to-launch for new products by 200% by building video and image-processing tools with cross-functional partners.
- •Built image-processing tools for Autodesk Maya (Python) and a KR90 robot (Kuka Robotics Language) to automate 3D processing, photogrammetry, and product photography.
- •Designed and built 3D assets for component manufacturing and product visualization.
Skills
- Languages
- TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python, Swift, C#
- Frameworks
- React, React Native, Expo, Next.js, Remix, Node.js, Express, Fastify
- Cloud & Data
- AWS, GCP, Firebase, Supabase, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Serverless
- Tooling
- GitHub Actions, Vite, Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, Tailwind
- Graphics
- Three.js, React Three Fiber, WebGL
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Animation & VFX / 3D Modeling
Academy of Art University
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration
University of Hartford
