Nick Stark
Software Development Lead at CarMax
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolNick Stark is a seasoned software development leader based in Virginia with over 18 years in engineering and 11 years of formal experience driving web and API initiatives. Currently a Software Development Lead at CarMax, he combines hands-on full‑stack development with architectural leadership, having moved from senior engineer to lead roles since 2016. His background spans PHP and C# systems, performance optimization (cutting API calls by up to 90%), custom tooling and monitoring (Grafana), and introducing package-based architectures to improve maintainability. Nick has repeatedly taken solo ownership of complex features and legacy reverse-engineering tasks, modernizing codebases and mentoring teams to adopt better patterns. Practical, delivery-focused, and curious, he brings a track record of turning messy legacy systems into reliable, performant products.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science at Virginia TechHigh School, High School at Southwest Virginia Governor's School
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Github Skills (6)
netcore6
nodejs6
php6
codeigniter6
angular6
statsd2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
thors1982/TeammateOnlineApi
Oct 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:4 PRs, 67 pushes, 14 branches in 1 year 1 month
thors1982/TeammateOnlineUi
May 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:68 commits, 8 PRs, 40 pushes in 6 months
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