Staff/Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable web and mobile applications across e-commerce, fintech, logistics, and consumer platforms. Expert in React, React Native, TypeScript, Node.js, and modern cloud architectures.
Strong product mindset with a track record of shipping end-to-end features, leading engineering teams, and improving performance and DX. Hands-on experience building AI-powered applications using OpenAI, Gemini, and Replicate APIs.
Highly effective in remote-first, distributed environments with strong async communication and ownership.
I've helped ship software at OpenBorder, Omaze, GlossGenius, adidas, and built tools used by thousands of users worldwide.
I care about:
✨ Clean architecture
⚡ Performance & reliability
🎨 Developer & user experience
🌍 Traveling the world
🧠 Building products that matter
🌐 Website: https://nicolasbo.net
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🧑💻 Senior Software Engineer @ OpenBorder
🌍 Remote-first by nature
🛠️ Creator of SMFPacks, used by thousands of online communities
🤝 Contributor to open-source (including the SMF ecosystem)
⚙️ Passionate about TypeScript, React, Node.js, AI, and product-building
🧪 Strong believer in fast iteration + maintainable code
🚀 Always building something new
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G2i (Good Engineers, Good Humans) — React/React Native-focused vetted engineering community
🛠️ SMFPacks.com (Founder) — 10/2009 → 10/2022
Built 25+ plugins and 12 themes used by 3,000+ websites, downloaded over 300,000+ times.
🐶 PetPrime — 01/2024 → 03/2024
Implemented Vet AI feature using OpenAI API for triage-style pet health Q&A and guidance.
🎨 PhotoStudio AI — 11/2022 → 01/2023
Built AI image generation pipeline using Replicate APIs (Stable Diffusion).
📞 DodoVoice — 03/2025 → 04/2025
Next-gen VoIP platform released as an alternative to Skype using Twilio.