Summary
Nicholas Halka is a Lead Software Engineer based in the Austin area with 11 years of experience building backend systems primarily in ASP.NET Core MVC and Java. He currently leads lending-focused engineering efforts while also running AutoBuy, a self-built e-commerce platform that powers 3,000+ shops and has processed over $750k across 24,000+ orders. His background spans full-stack and systems work—from booking and hospitality integrations to high-throughput commerce—and he’s comfortable owning projects end-to-end. Nicholas’s profile reflects substantial NDA-protected work, so public repos represent only a slice of his impact. He brings practical product sensibility from his entrepreneur-side hustle to enterprise engineering leadership. Known for improving performance and integrations, he balances hands-on coding with team leadership to deliver reliable, scalable systems.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Associate's degree, Computer Software Engineering at NHTI, Concord's Community College
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Treehouse