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Nick Atkins

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Director of Engineering at ParentSquare
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Nick is a software engineering leader with extensive experience at tech startups and major companies like Netflix and Netscape. A University of Nottingham graduate, he focuses on building empathetic, high-performing teams to ship quality products. Colleagues describe him as innovative, collaborative, and possessing strong business intelligence.

During a recent career break, Nick studied AI, mindfulness, health, and longevity at Stanford University. He is also a wine enthusiast who enjoys tastings in Napa and Sonoma. In his spare time, he has developed and published his own iOS applications, including one called Voxstep.

Unique fact: Nicks career in tech dates back to working at Netscape, one of the original pioneers of the web browser.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Engineering Leadership
His career is defined by leading and managing engineering teams at companies like Netflix and ParentSquare, with a focus on empathy, kindness, and growth.
Mobile Development
He has managed iOS and Android teams at multiple companies and personally built and published several iOS apps, demonstrating deep expertise in the mobile ecosystem.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Director of Engineering
ParentSquare
10-2024 - 9-2025
Gap year
Career Break
8-2019 - 10-2024
Senior Engineering Manager
Wealthfront
12-2018 - 5-2019
Director of Engineering
Go
9-2013 - 12-2018
Software Engineering Manager
Netflix
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Education
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Nottingham
3 A-levels
The British School in the Netherlands
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