NICK LATHEN
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
SKILLS
Algorithms
AWS
Business Intelligence
CS Fundamentals
CSS
DevOps, CI/CD
Docker
Git
JavaScript
Leadership
Linux
Node.js
Product Analytics
Product Engineering
React
Redis
Relational Data Models
Responsive Design
Software Testing
SQL
TypeScript
EDUCATION
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
UC Davis — 2012
Advanced Software Engineering Course
Hack Reactor — 2016
CONTACT
lathen.net/cv
nick.lathen@gmail.com
github.com/nicklathen
OBJECTIVE
Innovative engineer with extensive experience in full-stack development, particularly in the healthcare sector. Passionate about leveraging first principles to develop impactful software that solves business problems. Proven track record in leading engineering teams and driving technical projects from conception to completion. Seeking a challenging role where I can apply and grow my skills to develop useful products.
EXPERIENCE
Head of Engineering
Synapticure — 2023
Early stage startup building a telehealth platform for patients with neurodegenerative diseases.
  • Optimize patient onboarding experience: user/marketing analytics, real-time text chat, phone-assisted sign up and responsive design (my.synapticure.com/onboarding/signup)
  • Built custom Slack application to integrate with EHR software which consolidates internal workflows into a single auditable location
  • Integrate application data with BI and marketing tools to surface insights about company health and product direction
Software Engineer ➤ Engineering Manager
Cricket Health (acquired by Interwell Health) — 2017-2022
I joined as employee #10 and was the sole engineer leading up to our round A investment. I hired and mentored a dedicated team of software engineers as the company scaled to over 150 employees. In addition to technical leadership across many projects, I fostered an engineering culture focused on craftsmanship, quality and engagement with product stakeholders and users.
  • Highly available HIPAA compliant chat service with multiple frontends including threads, reactions and notifications
  • Company-wide task management system to accomodate cross-functional collaboration on patient care
  • Medical record search framework to quickly surface relevant data during patient encounters
  • Local development and CI/CD environments including per-branch QA environments, test performance, engineer onboarding, database migrations and logging infrastructure
  • Clinical form builder to allow clinical team to iterate directly on care protocols without engineering involvement
  • Medical record, claims, and insurance eligibility ingestion
Manufacturing Engineer
Abott Vascular — 2013-2016
  • Performed statistical modelling and experiment design to develop and refine manufacturing/inspection processes resulting in a cumulative cost savings over $150K per year.
  • Audited the full manufacturing life-cycle of high impact components and drove an initiative to remove redundant inspections, reducing the necessary inspector headcount by 2 persons.