Nicolas Vega Terrazas

Nicolas Vega Terrazas

Software developer

Mexican-German electrical engineer, working in IT for 10 years, 8+ years doing TypeScript/React/Node for a living. Built dashboards, search engines, WYSIWYG editors, accounting tools and more. I work mainly in the renewable energy industry, currently fulltime at Exnaton, helping electricity providers lower prices for customers invested in renewables. Cofounded and CTO'ed GridLink, saving costs for the construction of renewable energy projects.

Work

Feb 2026present

Systems engineer

atTerra One
Berlin

Operates battery storage systems to stabilize the power grid, reduce electricity costs and to make renewable energy permanently available.

DomainRenewable energy · Energy markets · Battery storage systems
Node.jsTypescriptKafkaNextjsKubernetes
Dec 2024present

Delivery engineer

atExnaton
Berlin, Deutschland

Helping electricity providers lower prices for consumers invested in renewable energy.

DomainRenewable energy · Dynamic tariffs · PPAs · Energy markets
GolangOauth2 flowsKubernetesHelm-charts (GitOps)Web componentsReactTypescriptNode.jsPython
Jul 2022Nov 2024
Berlin, Deutschland

Maintaining and expanding a content management system (CMS) used for publishing articles for BILD and WELT newspapers.

DomainDigital publishing · Editorial CMS
Node.jsTypescriptReactGraphqlTRPCKubernetesHelm-charts (GitOps)Web components
Jul 2022Jul 2025

Co-founder and CTO

atGridlink GmbH
Berlin, Deutschland

Developing a platform to save costs for the construction of renewable energy projects.

DomainRenewable energy · Construction
Node.jsTypescriptTRPCVercelReact
Oct 2019Jun 2022

Fullstack developer

atBundesdruckerei GmbH
Berlin, Deutschland

As a fullstack developer and frontend team lead, developed a search engine and a dashboard used for crisis analysis and prevention.

DomainCrisis analysis · Public sector
Node.jsTypescriptOpenapiReactDesign systemsNPM LibrariesJava Spring Boot
Jan 2018Sept 2019

Backend developer

atCapgemini
Berlin, Deutschland

Application for quotations of logistic services.

DomainLogistics · B2B quotations
Java Spring BootPythonCI/CDRaspberry pieCPostgresql

Domain

Renewable energyTerra One · Exnaton · GridLink
Energy marketsTerra One · Exnaton
Battery storage systemsTerra One
Dynamic tariffsExnaton
PPAsExnaton
Digital publishingAxel Springer
Editorial CMSAxel Springer
ConstructionGridLink
Crisis analysisBundesdruckerei
Public sectorBundesdruckerei
LogisticsCapgemini
B2B quotationsCapgemini

Education

Electrical engineering
Bachelor · Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin · Dec 2014Dec 2018

Languages

SpanishNative Speaker
EnglishC1
GermanC1

Skills

FrontendSenior
BackendSenior
CTOSecond attempt

Projects

Jul 2022Jul 2025
Mar 2022present
Weno
Dec 2021Sept 2023

Awards

Second Place - Google's Hackathon
Google and Axel Springer National Media & Tech GmbH & Co. KG · Feb 2024

Second place in Google's hackathon. Developed a moderation tool for comments section in the Welt premium platform. Used React, Node.js, and Google's AI - API.

First Place - Process Optimisation Category
Axel Springer company hackathon · Feb 2023

Process optimisation category. Integrated OpenAI's LLMs into Axel Springer's content management system using Slate.js and Node.js for various use cases like title generation and auto-completion. Part of the challenge was to collaborate with a team in another section of the company that had already developed a backend application that enhanced OpenAI's API with a vector database based on our own content.