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Nelson Tao

@nelsontao

Senior Full-Stack Engineer specializing in Go, scalable microservices, and high-performance distributed systems.

United States
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What I'm looking for

I seek roles building scalable, secure backend and microservice platforms, collaborating cross-functionally, mentoring teams, and leveraging AI-assisted tooling to improve developer productivity.

I am a results-driven Senior Full-Stack Engineer focused on Go (Golang) and building scalable microservice architectures that deliver high throughput and low latency. I design and optimize backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines while emphasizing security, observability, and maintainability.

At Alix I led AI-enhanced agent systems and architected Kafka-backed, event-driven services, improving scalability and deployment efficiency. At Commentsold I built high-traffic checkout systems, integrated payment gateways, and refactored legacy workflows into microservices to improve performance and conversion.

I enjoy mentoring engineers, standardizing best practices and AI-assisted development tools, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship robust, production-grade systems that solve complex business problems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Alix

Jul 2022 - Present (3 years 5 months)

Led development and deployment of AI-enhanced agent systems and architected Go/Kafka-based microservices, increasing scalability by 30% and reducing deployment time by 40% while improving observability and automation across estate settlement workflows.

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Full-Stack Engineer

Commentsold

Feb 2018 - Jun 2022 (4 years 4 months)

Designed and implemented a scalable checkout system for live video commerce serving 7,000+ retailers, reduced transaction times by 20% and cart abandonment by 25% through backend optimizations and ReactJS front-end improvements.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Texas at Austin logoUA

University of Texas at Austin

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2009 - 2016

Completed a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science focused on software engineering fundamentals and systems design.

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