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Nick Siscoe

📍 Kansas City
💾 25 y/o
🎓 Cornhusker
🎸 Guitarist
🏟️ Working on something new

👋 I'm a full-stack software engineer with experience designing pixel-perfect user interfaces, gathering continuous customer feedback, and leading high-velocity agile teams.

my work

Jobs, startups, passion-projects, failures, and everything in between.

FanCave (YC W24)

Co-Founder, CTO

San Francisco, CA

January 2024 - Present

FanCave (YC W24)

Bringing NFL-inspired roster management software to college athletics.


2024

FanCave

Founder

Remote

January - November 2023

FanCave

Cross-platform mobile app to chat, react, and talk trash with fans and rivals on gameday.


2022

Everyprompt

Frontend Contributor @ Everyprompt

Fall 2022

Development of an IDE for AI-prompt generation and deployment.

Sideline

Software Engineer

Remote

June - Octobger 2022

Sideline

A SwiftUI Reddit app for game threads - peak ~500 WAU

Founder Fellow

On Deck | ODF13

Remote

Spring 2022

Founder Fellow

Selected to join the early-stage accelerator - Collaborated with other founders building their next startup

Wayform

Founder @ Wayform

Spring 2022

Solo project - a Notion-like financial and life planning tool.

PayIt

Software Engineer

Kansas City, MO

August 2021 - Present

PayIt

The leaders in digital government services and payments.

Strangemood

Frontend Contributor @ Strangemood

March 2022

Design/Development for a protocol aiming to power decentralized video game marketplaces 🕹


2021

Crescent

Growth Engineer

Remote

October 2021 - March 2022

Crescent

Designed, engineered, and grew a waitlist to 30,000 people for a crypto-powered high-yield savings startup.

SonarLotto

Solo Builder @ SonarLotto

October 2021

A sweepstakes platform for a hot consumer social app that was acquired by Lens Protocol.

Foyer

Founder @ Foyer

Summer 2021

Featured Top 5 Product of the Day on ProductHunt 🏅 Launch a referral-powered waitlist using Notion.

Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, UNL

Finished BS in Computer Science

Lincoln, NE

May 2021

Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, UNL

Crazy Joe's Fireworks

Crazy Joe's Fireworks Admin System @ Crazy Joe's Fireworks

Summer 2021

A robust cross-platform inventory system to manage order flow, inventory, pricing, and more at my family's fireworks stands.

Texts.com

Texts.com Landing Page @ Texts.com

Spring 2021

Designed the current landing page for Texts.com, a platform acquired in 2023 for $50M ⚡️

UNL

UNL Meal Swipes Checker @ UNL

March 2021

Hacked together a cross-platform mobile app to check UNL dining package usage - 850 DAU within a week.

ReadMeThis

ReadMeThis @ ReadMeThis

February 2021

Request long articles to be narrated by real humans in your favorite podcast client within 24 hours.

Heyday

Co-founder

Lincoln, NE

2019 — 2021

Heyday

Assembled a team of 5 to build and launch a personal financial management app designed specifically for cash-flow-negative college students.


2020

Findo

Co-founder @ Findo

Spring 2020

Lent $1k to COVID-19-affected UNL students at 0% interest, among other experiments.

Resolutions App

The Resolutions App @ Resolutions App

December 2020

A minimalist, cross-platform mobile app for tracking New Year's Resolutions.

Tigerpaw

Product Manager | Design Studio

Lincoln, NE

2019 — 2020

Tigerpaw

Led team of 5 to deliver a business intelligence Alexa Skill through a Raikes School Design Studio year-long capstone project.

UNL

Raikes School Website Redesign @ UNL

Fall 2019 — May 2021

Chosen by peers to completely overhaul the official UNL Raikes School of Computer Science & Management website.


2019

Hudl

Software Engineer Intern

Lincoln, NE

Summer 2019

Hudl

Developed tools that 98% of American high school football coaches in the U.S. currently use to manage their game film.

TD Ameritrade

TD Ameritrade Tax Search @ TD Ameritrade

Spring 2019

A Raikes School sophomore team project for the TD Ameritrade tax customer support team.

UNL

UNL Dance Marathon Check-In

Lincoln, NE

Spring 2019

UNL

A realtime event check-in system for the largest student-run philanthropy on campus.

DayPaper

Founder @ DayPaper

Spring 2019

An elegant way to write, every day.


2018

SponsorWhale

Founder @ SponsorWhale

Summer — Fall 2018

Accessible, automated affiliate opportunities for even the smallest of content creators.

PayIt

Software Engineer Intern

Kansas City, MO

Summer 2018

PayIt

Trusted as an 18 y/o at a startup backed by $100M+ in investment to build features for the state of Kansas.

Pradl

Co-founder @ Pradl

Spring 2018

A chatbot CRM system for Craigslist sellers (and my first failed startup!)


2017

Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, UNL

Started BS in Computer Science

Lincoln, NE

August 2017

Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, UNL

Munchy

Solo Builder @ Munchy

Spring 2017

My first real code — an Android mobile game with a brief stint on the Google Play Store.


2016

Crazy Joe's Fireworks & Sneads BBQ Websites

Crazy Joe's Fireworks & Sneads BBQ Websites

Summer 2016

My earliest "programming" experience, making (very bad) websites for these family businesses.


YouTube Channels

Creator @ YouTube Channels

2012 - 2016

Ran a few Minecraft YouTube channels with ~5,000 subscribers.

always building...


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hudl

"He's got a great attitude, a healthy sense of humor, and an impressive work ethic."

- Hudl Engineer

payit

"I've been so impressed and immensely thankful to Nick for all of his endless hard work and organization... THANK YOU Nick!"

- Director of Software Engineering

crescent

"[Nick's] been crushing it. The waitlist system is 💯"

- Crescent Growth Lead

me

"I love to design and code things"

- Nick Siscoe

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Awarded "Most Outstanding Technical Software Project"

TD Ameritrade Team Project

hudl

"Nick has been very impressive. He has ramped up quicker than any intern that I have worked with in the past."

- Hudl Senior Engineer

hudl

"He's always attacking problems with the user in mind!"

- Hudl Designer

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Semi-Finalist

First National Bank's "The Pitch" 2019

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2019 UNL Geography Bee Champion

(lol)