Nick Blokhin

Software architect / Engineering Manager, 20+ years in production.
Nick Blokhin

I'm a software architect and engineering manager with 20+ years of shipping production systems and 8+ years leading engineering teams — today in logistics and fulfillment automation. I combine hands-on architecture with people management, from hiring and onboarding to performance reviews and career development.

Selected experience

GoBolt

Tech Lead Manager · Apr 2025–present

Led a warehouse app from development to pilot in six months, then to all warehouses within another month. Improved order processing speed and reduced errors and equipment costs. Manage engineers through 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development.

Instock

Software Architect & Team Lead · May 2021–Apr 2025

Led 5 engineers in building Incloud from scratch to customer use, connecting cloud operations with warehouse robots. Personally built its 3D warehouse editor. Hired, onboarded, and developed engineers, supporting promotions.

Takeoff Technologies

Tech & Team Lead · Sep 2018–Apr 2021

Led 7 engineers delivering grocery websites and mobile apps for major US supermarket chains, serving tens of thousands of customers. Owned the first customer launch and later rollouts; hired and coached engineers through career growth and promotions.

Read my CV · Happy to discuss engineering leadership opportunities.

Tools and approach

AI is part of my daily engineering work: agentic coding tools do real implementation in my projects, and I benchmark models on my own project specs instead of trusting leaderboards. I document what actually works on Zero to MVP — more about my workflow on the AI page.

  • JavaScript since 2009 — web and full-stack work
  • Python since 2006 — backends and tooling
  • Go since 2021 — backend and cloud services
  • Rust since 2023 — cloud and systems work
  • Swift since 2014 — native Apple-platform apps

Over the years, I have worked across e-commerce, logistics, media, fulfillment automation, and robotics — building everything from backend services and cloud systems to native apps for Apple platforms.

Zero to MVP — watch and read

Selected projects

Independent products I designed, built, and shipped end to end in my free time.

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Work with me

Happy to discuss engineering leadership opportunities. I combine hands-on architecture and development with helping engineers grow, connecting technical decisions with product goals, and guiding teams from early ideas to production.

I also help teams adopt AI in their day-to-day work: choosing tools, training engineers, and establishing practical usage and review workflows. If your team is building a new product, evolving an existing platform, or bringing AI into its development process, I'd be glad to hear what you're working on.

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