Nico Estrada

Software Engineer

Born in Austin, TX and raised in Fairfax, VA. My entrepreneurial spirit is what drives me to continuously learn and solve challenging problems. I like math, old books and currently exploring all things Rust. If you'd like to get in touch, reach out on X!

Experience

PartnerWise — Built the full-stack AI UGC platform 0→1 with TypeScript, React, and Next.js, shipping to 5,000+ users with subscriptions.
General Motors — Wrote and implemented microservices for the Global Order Management System to raise reliability and streamline deployments of autoparts fulfillment.

Projects

GrokLive — Auto-update Grokipedia in real time from Grok-vetted X posts, 1st place in xAI Hackathon 2025.
xAI-rs — Unofficial Rust SDK for the xAI API.
Batty — Battery management and threshold configuration for Linux, written in Rust and shipped in a TUI.

Open Source

TensorZero — Feat: Enabled editing of API key descriptions across the auth layer and `/api-keys` UI flow #4720.
Agentic Commerce Protocol (Backed by OpenAI & Stripe) — Fix: Added express cancel fulfillment option #7; Feat: Added PickupFulfillmentOption #17.
Omarchy Arch Linux (Basecamp) — Fix: Enabled wake via key press and mouse and refined Hyprland UX #3d10b38.