I help organizations empower their domain experts by building and optimizing data tools and infrastructure.
I’ve spent over ten years working with researchers, analysts, investment brokers, energy traders, and educators. I’ve cut execution time and storage costs by 95% on multiple projects.
I can help you if:
- You have slow, flaky, or expensive data pipelines.
- You need to perform a delicate data migration.
- You need to automate a laborious data process.
- You need to build an integration with a legacy system.
- You want to adopt LLMs in your product or your development team.
- You need a fractional senior developer to help with strategy, design, code review, mentoring, or hiring.
I focus on data engineering, performance optimization, cost control, thoughtful AI integration, and full-stack development. I have particular experience in LLM integration, data quality frameworks, and building tools that make complex work simpler.
Projects I’ve worked on include:
- A bio-informatics database for HIV/AIDS research.
- A data quality platform for energy trading.
- A GraphQL API for e-commerce.
- ETL pipelines for financial services, education, and IoT sensor data.
- LLM-powered chat and voice interfaces.
If you’re looking for a particular technology, see the skills page, my resume or my LinkedIn profile.
I also write about my work over at natknight.xyz and publish code on GitHub.
Want to work together?
If you have a challenge you’d like to discuss or you need a fractional senior developer I’d love to hear from you.
We’ll start with a call to discuss the challenge you’re having and if we’d be a good fit to work together (including budget and timelines).
Testimonials
Not only did Nat contribute features and fixes to our software, he was also passionate about development tools and processes. That passion lifted every member of the team to work better together.
Nat has been an exceptional technical leader at Wavvest. His contributions span a wide range of repositories, including core backend systems, infrastructure, integrations, and frontend work, and that breadth reflects both his technical range and the level of trust others place in his judgment.What stands out even more is how he leads through the quality of his designs. Nat’s problem solving is noteworthy: he does not just reach for the fastest answer, he takes the time to understand the system, weigh tradeoffs carefully, and drive toward solutions that are practical, durable, and well considered. He is the kind of engineer people rely on when the work is complex and the answer needs both strong judgment and calm execution.
Equally impressive is the way Nat shows up for the people around him. He is a supportive and caring colleague who makes teams better through his patience, generosity, and willingness to help others succeed. In difficult moments, he brings clarity and forward momentum, and he leads in a way that makes people feel supported and not alone in the work.
I have a great deal of respect for him, and I would be thrilled to work with him again.
I managed Nat on a e-commerce project for a major network connectivity provider where time, location, and third party integrations all impacted pricing, discounts and product availability.Nat designed, built, and tested the database architecture and GraphQL API that drove the whole administrative layer, complete with documentation and schema-level tenant isolation. His work was solid enough that multiple frontend developers were independently building on top of it.
Highly productive, great to work with, and the kind of engineer who makes everyone around them more effective. I’d bring Nat onto a project again without hesitation.
Nat helped us solve a growing cloud storage cost problem. After migrating us to a more scalable data platform, our spend dropped dramatically, as did the marginal cost of onboarding new customers.