Nicholas Honyak

Full-Stack Engineer

Philadelphia, PAnicholas@honyak.comlinkedin.com/in/honyakgithub.com/honyakhonyak.com

Summary

Full-Stack Engineer with 5 years of hands-on software engineering experience and a prior background in construction project management. Specializes in building and owning products end-to-end, from database design and cloud infrastructure through interactive front-end experiences. Currently architecting and running production products with full ownership of the TypeScript/React/Node stack, CI/CD, and AWS deployment.

Technical Skills

Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Java, Python, PHP
Front end: React, Next.js (SSR/SSG), Vue.js, Tailwind CSS, Figma
Back end: Node.js, Express, GraphQL, REST APIs, Meteor.js
Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis
Cloud and DevOps: AWS (Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, EC2/ECS), Docker, Terraform, Nginx, GitHub Actions CI/CD
Testing and QA: Jest, Cypress, Playwright, code review
Auth and security: RBAC, JWT, OAuth, session management
Architecture: System design, database migrations, SSR/SSG, microservices, monorepo tooling

Experience

Full-Stack Engineer

March 2024 – Present

Self-Employed | Remote

  • Architected and built Anicca, a production AI conversation-analysis product for leadership coaching: Next.js on Vercel, AWS Bedrock (Claude) analysis, AssemblyAI transcription with speaker diarization, Cognito, Postgres with pgvector, DynamoDB, Lambda, S3, and Stripe subscriptions.
  • Own and develop a production e-learning platform (LMS) end-to-end using TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, serving active users with a CMS admin panel.
  • Designed and implemented an interactive, animated competency wheel (PixiJS and GSAP), iterating through many design passes to refine the experience.
  • Built a role-based access control (RBAC) system with permissions governing content creation, user management, and administrative workflows.
  • Developed admin views for content management and platform configuration.
  • Implemented SSR and SSG rendering strategies in Next.js to improve page load performance and SEO.
  • Authored and managed PostgreSQL schema migrations for evolving data models across environments.
  • Engineered CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated testing, linting, and deployment to AWS.

Senior Software Engineer

September 2021 – March 2024

Kyros Digital | Remote

Promoted from Associate Software Engineer (September 2021 – September 2022)

  • Led development of 6 custom software applications from client discovery through production launch, owning architecture decisions and technology stack selection.
  • Maintained and enhanced a real estate transaction tracking and CRM platform serving 300+ active users, delivering features that improved agent workflow efficiency.
  • Conducted code reviews across teams, establishing quality standards and mentoring junior engineers.
  • Created project timelines and technical specifications for POC and MVP stages, aligning stakeholder expectations with engineering capacity.
  • Managed projects through full lifecycle stages (POC, MVP, maintenance), adapting architecture to evolving client requirements.

Project Manager

2015 – 2018

Two River Development | Philadelphia, PA

  • Directed on-site coordination of multiple subcontractors across concurrent construction projects, managing budgets, timelines, and compliance documentation.
  • Delivered milestones on schedule through phase sequencing and cost-effective resource allocation.

Education

Full-Stack Web Development

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

B.S. Chemical Engineering coursework (90 credits)

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA