Open to opportunities

Evan Nicoles

@evannicoles

Message

I am a senior full-stack engineer specializing in Laravel, React/TypeScript and cloud DevOps.

United States

Message

What I'm looking for

I'm seeking senior full-stack or platform roles with end-to-end ownership, cloud-native infrastructure work, strong engineering culture, and opportunities to scale high-traffic systems and drive measurable business impact.

I am a senior full-stack engineer with 10+ years building and scaling high-traffic platforms, known for end-to-end ownership of complex systems and delivering measurable business impact.

I have deep expertise in Laravel, React/TypeScript, cloud DevOps (GCP/AWS), and performance engineering — from building in-game HUDs with React to implementing typed, bidirectional RPC layers for low-latency game state sync.

I have led operations and engineering workstreams, architected ad-ops automation optimizing $20–$25M/year in ad spend, migrated infrastructure to GCP, designed multi-vertical platforms, and established experimentation and programmatic SEO pipelines to drive growth and reliability.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Engineer

Current

Rockstar Games

Mar 2025 - Present (5 months)

Built an in-game heads-up display (HUD) using React and Tailwind CSS and implemented a typed, bidirectional RPC layer to synchronize game state with low-latency updates and safe client/server contracts.

React Tailwind TypeScript RPC Real Time Systems Frontend Engineering