Nick Karnik | About
Nick Karnik

Lead Software Engineer at PitchBook. Building data and search infrastructure for financial intelligence. Making games with my three kids. Always something cooking.

NK · est. 1981

About

Nearly three decades of building software across search engines, disease models, data platforms, and AI tools. Most recently building Gemini Code Assist at Google. Before that, six years on Bing search at Microsoft. Also led teams at Tableau and T-Mobile.

This site is where I write about what I'm learning. The essays cover AI, search, and building software. The résumé is here too, formatted to read rather than scan. Recipes live in The Kitchen.

What I work on

AI and developer tools. Search and relevance. Engineering leadership. Currently building new things, making games with my three kids.

Outside of work

Serious about cooking, cocktails, and travel. Still figuring out what comes next and building it anyway.

25+Years in software
1M+Developers reached
100+Developers trained
1US patent granted