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Nick Sanft

Hi! I am Nick Sanft, a leader, developer, and aspiring musician living in the greater Nashville Area in Tennessee. I have over 13 years of experience in development and over 6 in managing engineering teams. I have experience in Gen AI, Python, Java, SQL, and several other languages and solutions.

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Work Experience

  • Head of Software Engineering - Gateways

    WEX
    2024 to Present

    I manage five engineering teams totaling over 50+ members working on several applications using Java, C#, and Python languages leveraging ECS, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Gemini, and more. These teams build and maintain mission-critical payment systems processing millions of transactions a day.

  • Senior Software Engineering Manager

    WEX
    2022-2024

    Managed a team of Developers, QA, Product, and Scrum Masters to build and maintain mission-critical payment systems processing millions of transactions a day.

  • Software Engineering Manager

    WEX
    2020-2022

    Managed a team of Developers and QA to build and maintain mission-critical payment systems processing millions of transactions a day.

  • Lead Java Developer

    WEX
    2017-2020

    Led a team of developers to create Payment applications to integrate Acquirers and Issuers.

  • SQL Developer

    WEX
    2014-2017

    Wrote reports using SSRS, SSIS, and Microsoft SQL

  • Data Entry Specialist

    WEX
    2013-2014

    Worked with Microsoft SQL to query and update data in a database.

Skills

AI & ML

Gen AI
Agentic Systems
LangGraph

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
ECS
Terraform
Jenkins
GitHub Actions

Languages

Java
Python
Kotlin
C#
SQL
HTML5
CSS
TypeScript
JS

Domain Expertise

Industry knowledge and specializations beyond the tech stack.

Payment Processing

Deep expertise in end-to-end payment flows, ISO 8583 message formatting, and acquirer/issuer integration — the protocols that power Visa and Mastercard transactions.

Engineering Leadership

Over 6 years leading engineering teams, from individual contributor lead to Head of Engineering overseeing 50+ engineers across five teams.

Generative AI & LLMs

Hands-on experience building LLM-powered applications using LangGraph, RAG pipelines, and vector databases — both locally and at scale.

FinTech & Financial Systems

Over a decade in financial technology, building and maintaining mission-critical payment and data systems for enterprise clients.

Agile & Scaled Delivery

Experienced running Agile at scale, managing cross-functional teams with Developers, QA, Product, and Scrum Masters across multiple concurrent workstreams.

Certifications

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Generative AI Leader

A course focused on generative AI concepts and applications by Google Cloud

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Google AI Essentials

Hands-on introduction to AI concepts and technologies.

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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Foundational knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies.

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Projects

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Mister Fritz

A personal assistant built using LangGraph that generate images, speech, search through documents, conversate with you, and all be accessed over Discord locally completely for free.

Python LangGraph AI rag vector-database
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Single Page Website Portfolio

A project that I used to generate my website that others can use as a template for their own portfolio. The resume PDF at the top of the page is auto-created by this as well!

HTML Javascript Tailwind CSS
LangGraph MultiAgent Network Demo
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LangGraph MultiAgent Network Demo

A project to demonstrate how a newcomer to AI can use LangGraph to create a network of LLMs all running locally.

Python LangGraph AI
ISO8583 Tutorial
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ISO8583 Tutorial

A project to demonstrate how to process payments using ISO8583 like Visa or MasterCard do!

Kotlin Ktor Gradle
Ollama Discord Wrapper
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Ollama Discord Wrapper

An easy way for Developers to create your own LLM bot using Discord. You can set it up locally and then access it from anywhere.

Python LangGraph AI

Beyond the Code

A few things about me outside of work.

Music

When I'm not writing code, I write music as Divora - synth soundscapes, DnD campaign soundtracks, and whatever else inspires me.

Latest release: Ominous Augury - DND 7

Listen on Bandcamp

Language Learning

Duolingo Stats for DartDivora

Currently learning Portuguese on Duolingo.

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  4. Certifications
  5. Projects
  6. Contact

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Nick Sanft

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