Eric Nation
Profile
Senior software engineer with 13+ years of professional experience (since 2012) designing, building, and operating complex software systems in production. I specialize in high-leverage engineering work—owning critical platforms, scaling decision-making systems, and enabling teams to move faster without increasing risk.
My work sits at the intersection of full-stack product engineering, platform ownership, and distributed systems. I’m most effective in environments where software directly informs business outcomes: experimentation, revenue systems, internal platforms, and developer enablement. I care deeply about correctness, operability, and long-term maintainability—not just shipping features.
In recent years, my day-to-day work has increasingly focused on multiplying engineering effectiveness through better abstractions, automation, and AI-native development practices. Rather than treating AI as an add-on, I work in teams that embed it directly into the SDLC—design, implementation, testing, documentation, and operations—to reduce low-signal work and raise the quality bar across the organization.
I lead through ownership and trust. I mentor and onboard engineers, act as a technical escalation point, and help set direction in ambiguous problem spaces. My goal is always to leave systems—and teams—stronger than I found them.
Since 2019, I’ve been working at Carvana, where I lead and own much of the experimentation platform that powers revenue-critical decision-making across the company. My scope spans platform architecture, distributed services, developer experience, and operational reliability, supporting teams that rely on fast, safe experimentation at scale.
I’m most energized by working on products with clear business impact—systems that directly influence revenue, decision-making, or how teams operate at scale.
I enjoy full-stack work in TypeScript-first environments, spanning React / Next.js / Svelte, Node.js services, and cloud-native, event-driven architectures. I’m especially drawn to problems where product, engineering, and business outcomes are tightly coupled.
I focus on work that delivers measurable business impact, building systems and workflows that improve decision-making, velocity, and outcomes over time.
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Outside of my core role, I co-founded Operation Nation, applying the same principles—performance, scalability, and leverage—to building modern web platforms and growth systems. Specializing in SEO, custom websites, and AI Automation. Check us out at https://operationnation.co/.
Work Experience
CarvanaSenior Software Engineer | January 2021 - Current
- Own and lead Carvana’s experimentation platform, enabling product and growth teams to run experiments that directly inform revenue-driven decisions at scale.
- Serve as the primary technical owner and subject-matter expert across experimentation systems, spanning APIs, frontend SDKs, and distributed services in a cloud-native, event-driven architecture.
- Drive platform evolution to enable fast, safe iteration, balancing velocity with data correctness, reliability, and operational discipline.
- Design and operate resilient systems with a focus on long-term maintainability, observability, and scalability in production environments.
- Mentor and onboard engineers, provide architectural guidance, and act as an escalation point for complex platform and production issues.
- Partner cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering to translate ambiguous business needs into durable technical solutions with measurable impact.
- Contribute to an AI-first SDLC, helping define workflows and tooling that embed AI into development and operations to meaningfully improve team productivity and consistency.
Alley InteractiveSoftware Developer | April 2019 - January 2021
- Responsible for developing high-end headless Wordpress sites using Node, React, Redux, and PHP.
- Followed Agile Scrum practices and communicated projects with clients.
- Successfully launched multiple sites over the past year
InkSoftSenior Front-End Developer | November 2014 - January 2019
- Responsible for designing and developing eCommerce websites.
- Built a new “design studio” application leveraging Angular and Canvas technologies.
- Successfully built a new eCommerce Checkout experience for our customers resulting in increased revenue and sales.
- Built a new sleek Dashboard page in Angular 1.x
- Spearheaded building the user-interface of a new eCommerce application “Store Front” in Angular 2.x allowing our customers to rapidly create their own customizable websites.
- Upgraded Angular 2 applications as newer versions released all the way up till version 7
- Built an internal Angular component library allowing our developers and designers to be more productive and save time.
Realworld MarketingWeb Director | August 2014 - November 2014
- Responsible for managing 17 client account websites.
- Responsibilities included designing and developing marketing landing pages, email templates, communicating on a daily basis with the Project Managers and Developers from their web vendors, and updating content.
- Successfully launched 9 new websites in 4 months increasing client retention.
TristarUI/UX Designer & Developer | January 2013 - August 2014
- Was the primary UI Developer during the complete redesign and rebuild of PrevueLogic, a CRM software used internally at Tristar.
- Build and maintained all new and existing pages on Tristar’s corporate website.
- Completed a redesign of their website, designed microsites, built out HTML promotions and newsletters.
Education Management Corporation (EDMC)TECHNICAL SUPPORT ANALYST | May 2009 - December 2012
- Provided technical support for over 180,000 people including employees, faculty, and students.
- Technical Support including browser trouble-shooting, software support, and education about how to use the school's online platform.
Education
ART INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGHA.S. OF SCIENCE IN INTERACTIVE WEB DESIGN | April 2012
Technical Skills
Professional Skillset
- HTML5
- CSS
- PostCSS
- Styled Components
- Javascript
- React
- Redux / NgRx
- Angular 1.x
- Angular 2 - Current
- GraphQL
- REST
- Wordpress
- Sanity CMS
- Jest / Enzyme
- Netlify
- NodeJS
- Express
- MongoDB
- PHP
- Firebase
- Bootstrap
- Foundation
- Material Design
- UI / Visual Design
- UX Design
- CSS Grid
- Typescript
- Gutenberg (Wordpress Editor)
Soft Skills
- Empathetic
- Clear communicator
- Team player
- Approachable
- Adaptable
- Open minded
- Accountable
- Problem solver
- Time effecient
- Quick learner
- Hungry and motivated
Tools
- Webstorm
- VS Code
- Github / Git
- Travis
- Webpack
- Bitbucket
- Jira
- Git Kraken / Git Tower
- Photoshop
- Sketch