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Nils Carlson

@nilscarlson

Senior software engineer specializing in scalable .NET microservices, cloud-native platforms, and resilient DevOps delivery.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead architecture and platform engineering for cloud-native systems—modernizing monoliths to resilient microservices while improving CI/CD, observability, and operational reliability in a strong engineering culture.

I’m a senior software engineer with 11+ years designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native platforms using C# and modern .NET technologies. I’ve led architecture decisions, modernized legacy monoliths, and built resilient microservices focused on performance, scalability, and operational reliability across Azure and AWS.

I drive end-to-end platform engineering—system design, API architecture, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD modernization—backed by Kubernetes-based deployments, Terraform infrastructure-as-code, and production-grade observability. I’m comfortable operating as a technical leader across engineering, DevOps, and product teams, mentoring engineers and elevating capability in backend engineering, system design, and cloud platform development.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Developer

Current

Yale University

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Architected and delivered modular enterprise applications using C#/.NET, Angular, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, including monolith decomposition into service-oriented architecture. Built REST APIs and microservices with OAuth2 security, Terraform/IaC provisioning, and Docker/Kubernetes (AKS) deployments, improving CI/CD automation and production observability.

C#.NET ASP.NET Core Angular REST APIs OAUTH2 Terraform Docker Kubernetes CI CD

DevOps Developer

Yale University

Jan 2019 - Jan 2024 (5 years)

Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps to improve deployment consistency and accelerate release cycles for large-scale .NET applications. Containerized and deployed microservices on Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), automated infrastructure with Terraform, and led production support with observability and incident response improvements.

GitHub Actions Azure DevOps .NET CI CD Docker Kubernetes Terraform REST APIs Application Insights ELK Stack

Lead Developer

VoterLabs

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year)

Owned end-to-end software delivery, including system design, backend implementation, API development, deployment automation, and production support. Modernized backend services and real-time data processing pipelines using C#/.NET, SQL (MySQL) and MongoDB change streams, while improving CI/CD release gating and deploying containerized infrastructure with Terraform and Docker/Kubernetes.