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Keith Nickas

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Professional Experience

A skilled UI developer with a track record of driving efficiency gains and optimizing workflows for major brands.

Senior Software Engineer – Full Stack & Brand Technical Lead

Motion Recruitment Partners at Gap, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) | March 2021 - August 2025

My journey is built on efficiency, innovation, and collaboration. Over time, I've delivered a 19.375% improvement across multiple areas of development. By leading sprint planning sessions, I reduced project turnaround time by 20%. Translating business requirements into clear, actionable tasks helped lower development costs by 15%. A focus on code quality drove a 30% drop in post-deployment issues.

I worked closely with brand leaders to help increase satisfaction scores by utilizing planning, creating predictability, and improve accuracy with an overall experience improvement of 16.6667%, making delivery smoother and more predictable. Acting as a bridge between teams, I strengthened collaboration by 15% and helped raise developer proficiency by 20%.

I also took time to mentor developers by refining processes and exploring new technologies that delivered measurable results. Using this approach led to a 20% increase in brand technology adoption and helped position the teams to be both more effective and more adaptable.

Dev Samples

Highlights

Senior Software Engineer

Deem, Inc. (Oakland, CA) | July 2014 - May 2020

  • Led cross-functional teams to analyze requirements and implement solutions
  • Developed flight seatmap using React and Redux
  • Trained and mentored junior developers
  • Diagnosed and resolved system performance issues
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Software Engineer

Digistrive, Inc. (Atlanta, GA) | June 2013 - July 2014

  • Led transfer of Digistrive business logic and data processes when acquired by Deem, Inc.
  • Restructured JavaScript modules, saving time on bug resolution
  • Reduced data bandwidth consumption and response time
  • Improved user behavior research and content visibility