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Nick Balestra-Foster - Hiring

Director of Engineering at Optimism

Nick Balestra-Foster's work experience begins in 2001 when they started as an Individual Contributor at Slim Devices, Inc. After leaving Slim Devices, they became the Co-Founder & CEO of Beyounic SA in 2008 and held that role until 2015. In 2015, they joined Hack Reactor as a Hacker in Residence, serving until 2016. Following that, they worked as a Principal Engineer at OpenTable from 2016 to 2018. Nick then became a Platform Engineer at Cloudflare, Inc. from 2018 to 2019. Afterward, they worked as a Software Engineer at Meta from 2019 to 2022. Most recently, they have held multiple roles at OP Labs, including Staff Software Engineer from 2022 to 2022, Engineering Manager from 2022 to 2023, and currently Director of Engineering, starting in 2023.

Nick Balestra-Foster's education history includes the following:

- In 2022, they completed an Engineering fellowship at 0xmacro. The fellowship focused on Web3, Solidity, and Security.

- In 2015, they attended Hack Reactor and completed an Advanced Software Engineering Immersive program.

- From 2001 to 2007, they attended USI Università della Svizzera italiana and obtained a degree in Communication's Technologies. Their field of study included Corporate communication, Marketing, and Web Technology.

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