Work Experience

IBM

I am a Software Architect at IBM currently working on the Hyperscaler Center of Excellence team. I joined the company in 2018 as an intern after my freshman year of college.
Advisory Software Architect
March 2024 - Present
Staff Software Developer
September 2022 - March 2024
Associate Software Developer
June 2021 - September 2022
Software Developer Intern
May 2018 - June 2021
Education

Iona College

Major: Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0, Summa Cum Laude
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Graduation Date: May 2021
Extracurriculars: Student President of the Computer Science Club
Honors:
Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines
Pi Mu Epsilon
Honorary National Mathematics Society
Delta Epsilon Sigma
National Scholastic Honor Society for Students of Catholic Colleges
Projects
Game Of Cycles
The Game of Cycles is played on a connected planar graph. Players take turns marking edges with the objective of being the first to complete a cycle cell. In this project, I implemented the Game of Cycles with a browser interface to assist in academic research of winning strategies.
Python
Cytoscape
Flappy Ball
A replica of a famous mobile game - playable in the browser. Try to beat my high score of 213.
Unity
C#
Online Multiplayer Tic Tac Toe
An online multiplayer game of Tic Tac Toe. Play with a friend or wait to be paired with an opponent. Make sure to smack talk through the in-game chat.
Node.js
React
Socket.io
Daily Top Stock Image Maker
Program generates an image every day at market close creating a visual report of the highest percentage gaining stock according to Yahoo Finance data.
Python
Matplotlib
AWS Lambda
Personal Links Service
A URL "shortener" service running at https://links.nickboz.dev that allows me to store and share custom links.
Example: Try out https://links.nickboz.dev/flappyball and see where you end up.
AWS Lambda
AWS API Gateway
Python
Video Speed Plugin
I watch nearly all video content at 1.5x or 2x speed. Unfortunately, not all websites provide the option to speed up video playback. This simple Chrome plugin adds that feature to any website with a video player and offers more granular controls. Play any video in the range of 0.1x to 5x speed.
JavaScript
Skills
Programming Languages
Python
Go
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Swift
Java
Web
React
Node.js/Express.js
HTML
CSS/SCSS
Cloud
AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, Amplify, ECR)
IBM Cloud
Firebase
Docker
Databases
Postgres
MySQL
Db2
MongoDB
Redis
Miscellaneous
Version Control (Git/GitHub)
Unity
Agile Methodologies
LaTeX