Sr. Technology Developer, 1999 December – 2003 February

CarsDirect.com
former HQ: 10567 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232

CarsDirect.com is the first destination on the Internet where nationwide consumers can research, price, design, and order a new vehicle at home or the office.

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Nik participated in the architecture, design and development of the 3rd generation CarsDirect.com web site. He led many development efforts, including secure integrations with lending partners, secure collection and storage of customer financial data, and integration of the web site vehicle configuration and selection components.

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* Served as a lead software developer
* Co-architect / builder for a web-based automobile retailer / broker
* Designed and built partner finance messaging with Java, XML, XSL
* Designed and built internal finance systems with Java, JSSE, XML, SOAP
* Designed and built parts of the main web site with Java, WebLogic, Oracle
* Participated in a weekly software design study group