Feygon Willow Nickerson
Software Engineer | SaaS Systems | C# / .NET | CI/CD
Portland Metro, OR feygon@gmail.com LinkedIn GitHub
Summary
Software engineer with 4 years of SaaS experience, currently developing products with agentic SDLC workflows using Claude Code and GitHub Copilot. I specialize in extending complex, multi-layer data structures with an emphasis on maintainable, human-readable code and keeping clients on the upgrade path. Background in theater taught me to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders—useful when gathering requirements from people who know what they need but not what to call it.
Core Skills
Experience
Software Engineer / Implementation Consultant
Huron Consulting Group
- Extended proprietary multi-layer data structures (JavaScript, C#, SQL, XML)
- Implemented mission-critical research administration software for cancer research and academic research institutions
- Translated stakeholder needs into user stories and acceptance criteria
- Produced technical documentation that other developers actually use
- Configured and debugged application-layer portal solutions across multiple client environments
ETL Developer (Contract)
Retail Dimensions
- Built ETL pipeline in C# .NET with Entity Framework for point-of-sale integration
- Developed WPF MVVM interface for RetailPro integration—simplified a 100+ setting UI into something humans could navigate
- Championed test-driven development on a team that hadn't done it before
ETL Developer (Contract)
Metro Presort via CampusPoint
- Maintained 100% SLA delivery for 250,000+ essential healthcare statements during 2020 lockdown
- Refactored legacy ETL system using OOP design patterns (C#, ADO.NET)
- Handled Tier 3 support and client-facing requirements gathering
Projects
Agentic SDLC Workflows
- Developed structured prompt workflows using Claude Code and GitHub Copilot for architectural mapping, coordinated refactoring, and automated testing
- Clear specs in, reliable outputs out: built a Requirements-Driven Development methodology
- AI workflows became a special interest, not just a tool
- Accelerated a personal project modeling neurolinguistic processes—mapping qualitative patterns to quantitative structure, leveraging similarities to neural network architectures
- Conducted literature survey of dark matter research using agentic workflows to navigate mind mapping on ConnectedPapers
- e.g. Faraoni (quasilocal mass) to Pavlidou (stability constraints)
- Nodes: papers in the similarity graph
- Edges: mutual connections between papers
Unity Dialogue System
Shipped a Unity tool for branching narrative development. Designed for writers who shouldn't need to touch code. Pending Asset Store release.
EVE2 Full-Stack App
Full-stack web application modeling EVE Online game mechanics. Built with Node.js, Express, MySQL, and Handlebars. View it live on this site.
Community & Approach
- Human-in-the-loop AI-assisted development—I treat the AI like a junior dev that needs clear specs
- Requirements-driven development and acceptance-focused delivery
- I document obsessively, test deliberately, and refactor without breaking things
- Documentation-first engineering with accessibility-aware standards
- Refactoring strategy and technical debt triage—incremental, test-backed improvements over big-bang rewrites
- Build automated testing workflows that catch regressions before clients do
- Genuinely enjoy working through hard problems with other technical-minded people
- Shipped community tools—built things other developers actually use
Education
Oregon State University
B.S. Computer Science
Oregon State University
B.S. Theatre Arts