Nik D'Mello

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PanAgora Asset Management
ASICS Digital
Northeastern University
Microsoft VS Code
Associa
PanAgora Asset Management
ASICS Digital
Northeastern University
Microsoft VS Code
Associa
PanAgora Asset Management
ASICS Digital
Northeastern University
Microsoft VS Code
Associa
PanAgora Asset Management
ASICS Digital
Northeastern University
Microsoft VS Code

Experience

Associa

Software Engineer

Associa

Mar 2023 – Present

Challenge

Deployment workflows and data-processing APIs did not scale with growing environment complexity and data volume, resulting in high tooling costs, operational risk during schema changes, and frequent failures in synchronous processing paths

Approach

Served as core engineer on two production systems, collaborating with platform teams to design and implement: custom deployment platform and event-driven processing service

Key Achievements

  • Implemented core components of custom DACPAC deployment platform, contributing to six-figure annual cost savings
  • Helped redesign synchronous APIs into event-driven microservice, eliminating timeout-related failures in production workloads
  • Built serverless architecture components processing 10K+ records/hour with automated scaling and fault tolerance

Business Impact

Six-figure cost reduction, timeout elimination, 10K+ records/hour

ASICS Digital

BI Developer

ASICS Digital

Jan 2022 – Jul 2022

Key Achievements

  • Built automated analytics pipeline contributing to 10% revenue growth
  • Reduced manual reporting overhead by 75% through dashboard automation

Business Impact

Revenue impact, automation efficiency

PanAgora Asset Management

DevOps Engineer

PanAgora Asset Management

Feb 2021 – Jul 2021

Key Achievements

  • Implemented CI/CD automation reducing deployment time by 80%
  • Eliminated 90% of deployment failures through automated testing and rollback

Business Impact

Deployment reliability, operational efficiency

Northeastern University

Teaching Assistant

Northeastern University

Sep 2021 – Dec 2021

Key Achievements

  • Mentored 200+ students in statistical programming and data analysis

Business Impact

Teaching and mentorship

Projects

Swift Protocol

Atomic Coordination for AI Agents

Blockchain-based coordination infrastructure with Solidity smart contracts on Base L2 and Express.js orchestration engine. Implements atomic workflow execution with automatic rollback, preventing partial failures in multi-agent workflows through guaranteed all-or-nothing execution.

Architecture

Smart Contracts + Orchestrator + Client SDK

Performance

Atomic guaranteesBase L2 deploymentAll-or-nothing execution

Tech Stack

SolidityJavaScriptNode.jsExpress.jsDockerGit

Open Source

VS Code

KaTeX Regex Fix for jQuery Expressions

microsoft/vscode

Nov 2025Merged

Fixed KaTeX regex to prevent jQuery expressions from being incorrectly parsed as math delimiters

  • Resolved parsing conflicts between jQuery syntax and KaTeX math rendering
  • Fixed edge cases with multiple dollar signs in code blocks
  • Improved markdown preview accuracy for technical documentation
VS Code

Screencast Mode Keyboard Shortcut Fix

microsoft/vscode

Mar 2023Merged & Released

Fixed critical bug in screencast mode affecting keyboard shortcut display for developer recordings

  • Improved developer experience for screencast recordings
  • Released in March 2023 update

Hackathon

Cubs ARcade

$500 Award

2nd place at Omnia x GENESIS AR Hackathon

Built AR app in 30 hours

JavaScript & A-Frame

AR brand experience for Chicago Cubs

Nik D'Mello presenting Cubs ARcade
Cubs ARcade demo
Team presentation