nikolai.long.dev

I'm Nikolai Long,
a designer, engineer and creator.

Currently I'm a Backend Software Engineer at CNA Insurance contracting full time from Tata Consultancy Servies, migrating the company's entire internal system to Google Cloud. I earned my Bachelors of Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 2022, graduating Magna Cum Laude.

NASA Images of the Day

Focused on backend API development for the past two years in my current role. Formerly an aerospace engineer researching satellite code at VT and during my internship, and more recently a software researcher at VT, also working on independent projects.

CURRENT

Backend Software Engineer at CNA Insurance

Software Engineer Intern at Orion Space Solutions
Researcher & Teaching Assistant at Virginia Tech

Coming Soon!

What i'm currently working on:

Shugo Internal - Internal data processing website for my friend's starup real estate business.
Hyperdimensional Encyclopedia - Like wikipedia but for visual learners like myself.
Solana Application - Researching Web3 technologies.
Quantum Computing - Researching quantum physics, computing technologies, and cryptographic applications.

New Role

In my new role I want to write microservices backend software and build modern cloud computing applications using containerization and orchestration. Gaining experience in the most prevalent cloud computing architectures will be essential for engaging with emerging technologies in the future like blockchain and quantum computing.

CNA Insurance

Migrated monolithic on-premises internal data processing platforms to service-oriented applications running on Google Cloud. I focused on business logic in service and data access layers; enabling connectivity via RESTful APIs. This migration doubled system reliability, scalability, and performance.

ChessAi

My long-term personal research project! I have a command line program that you can play two player chess on. More features are underway. The repository's on my github, check out an explanation here:

RROCI

Recently launched weather satellite I worked on during my internship at Orion Space Solutions. I developed the optics software for the four cameras on-board.

EDGE LiDAR

One of the products I worked on during my internship at Orion Space Solutions. I developed the machine learning technology used to process the laser point data.

OLVT

Orbital Launch Vehicle Team is the research team I gave several years to at Virginia Tech. I was a member of the trajectory and analysis team.

ContentCube

ContentCube was one of the satellite projects I worked on while researching at Space@VT. It won the NASA Astranis SEDS-SAT award in 2020.

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