Where does Nik Shkrob work?

Nik Shkrob is Principal Software Engineer at SignalFire.

Where did Nik Shkrob go to school?

Nik Shkrob studied at University of Waterloo (MMath, Mathematics and Computer Science); University of Ottawa (B.Sc, Computer Science).

Nik Shkrob

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Principal Software Engineer at SignalFire

San Francisco, California, United States

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768 people in our graph share verified history with Nik — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Alex TranunlockedNik: together at Instacart (2021–2024)

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×2Nik: together at Twitter

×3Nik: together at Square

About

Nik Shkrob is a Software Engineer at SignalFire, focusing on distributed systems and large scale performance optimization. He has experience in service-oriented architecture and backend systems engineering, and works with Scala, Java, Ruby, and Python.

Experience

SignalFireSoftware Engineercurrent2025 — present
Career BreakGap year2024 — 2025
InstacartSoftware Engineer2021 — 2024
SquareSoftware Engineer2020 — 2021
LyftSoftware Engineer2016 — 2018
TwitterSoftware Engineer2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
AmazonSoftware Engineer2012 — 2013Seattle

Skills & more

SQLRuby on RailsGraphQLMapReduce5Linux3Hadoop7Python4Ruby6Java9Git2Databases3Memcached

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Distributed SystemsArchitectureArchitecturesMultithreadingWeb Services

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Colleagues at SignalFire

Aayush Sharma

Senior Associate at SignalFire

Alex Hooshmand

Co-founder ZaiNar & Bluekai at SignalFire

Andrew Reid

Director, GTM Recruiting at SignalFire

Asher Bantock

Head of Research at SignalFire

Audrey Salomez

Contrôleur financier at 123Venture

Ben Davenport

Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital

Bobby Lent

Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire

Cali Tran

CEO of Cision; CEO of Brandwatch at SignalFire

Frequently asked questions

Who is Nik Shkrob?: Nik Shkrob is a Software Engineer at SignalFire, focusing on distributed systems and large scale performance optimization. He has experience in service-oriented architecture and backend systems engineering, and works with Scala, Java, Ruby, and Python.
Where does Nik Shkrob work?: Nik Shkrob is Principal Software Engineer at SignalFire.
Where did Nik Shkrob go to school?: Nik Shkrob studied at University of Waterloo (MMath, Mathematics and Computer Science); University of Ottawa (B.Sc, Computer Science).

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Also attended University of Waterloo638

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Achintya ChaudhariInvestor at Lightbank Karim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge Capital Rohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge Capital Andrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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Also attended University of Ottawa158

Harley FinkelsteinInvestor at Felicis Ventures Ketav MehtaInvestor at Motus Ventures, Llc Maryam AsadiInvestment Manager – Advanced Materials at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag Matt JohnsonInvestor at Seaside Ventures Oliver WalzerFounding Partner & COO at Serpentine Ventures Makhtar DiopManaging Director at International Finance Corporation

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Shared employers

Also worked at Instacart69

Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Alex TranInvestment Team at General Catalyst Jesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer Tools Neil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCV Lily SarafanInvestor at Streamlined Ventures Ihar MahaniokFounder & General Partner at Geek Ventures

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Also worked at Square117

Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Delian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda Tony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDash Clay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures Saket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation Capital Justin LiuVice President at Sapphire Ventures

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Also worked at Lyft146

Logan GreenCo-founder of Lyft John ZimmerCo-founder of Lyft Kevin Wijayaインドネシア法人代表 (Indonesia Office Representative) at CyberAgent Capital Darcy YeeMarketing and Communications at Menlo Ventures Pierre-Eric LeiboviciInvestor at Daphni Manish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

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Also worked at Twitter261

Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil Capital Peter FentonGeneral Partner at Benchmark Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm Evan WilliamsCo-founder of Twitter, Blogger and Medium Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Mischa VaughnHead of Content at Felicis Ventures

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