Nick Vahalik
Senior Backend Engineer at Code and Salt
Belton, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolNick Vahalik is a senior backend engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience building and optimizing web applications, specializing in PHP ecosystems like Drupal and Magento. He blends deep technical skills in application architecture, performance tuning, and code remediation with a background spanning IT operations, project management, database administration, and usability design. As founder of a consulting practice since 2016 and former CTO and principal engineer roles, he translates complex business needs into pragmatic, cost-saving solutions across internet and intranet projects. Nick’s operational roots—managing servers, disaster recovery, and support teams—give him a rare full-stack perspective that helps spot systemic issues others miss. Based in Belton, Texas, he pairs entrepreneurial initiative with steady delivery on high-impact e-commerce and content platforms.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Associate Network Security Technology, Associate Network Security Technology at Texas State Technical College
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
539reputation
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14answers
8questions
Github Skills (200)
ui-components10
cordova-plugin10
javascript10
stencil10
ionic10
laravel10
camera10
html10
angular10
progressive-web-apps10
typescript10
vue10
android10
mobile10
deeplink10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
1stphorm/cordova-plugin-background-upload
Apr 2022 - Jul 2024
Cordova plugin for background upload
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
background-uploadcordovaandroidcordova-pluginbackground
1stphorm/lsvt-api
May 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 10 months
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