Nicholas Burka
Founder & Engineer at Beneficial Computing
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Burka is a founder and engineer with 11 years of experience building ethical, public-interest technology focused on disability benefits access in New York City. He leads Beneficial Computing, a NY non-profit and Blue Ridge Labs AI for Good incubator member, and combines systems design, privacy-minded engineering, and legal tech expertise. His freelance work spans automated testing for legal LLM applications, blockchain web-dApps on Algorand, and practical web/mobile production—demonstrating both research rigor and hands-on product delivery. With a background in cognitive science and connective media from Vassar and Cornell Tech, he brings a human-centered lens to complex socio-technical problems. Notably, he has translated academic-style experiment design and robotics tooling into production automation and reproducible prototyping for legal and civic workflows.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Columbia Cybersecurity BootcampBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Cognitive Science at Vassar CollegeMaster's degree, Information Science (concentration in Connective Media), Master's degree, Information Science (concentration in Connective Media) at Cornell Tech
Github Skills (30)
inequality10
tax10
economics9
python9
microdata9
evaluation-framework8
algorand7
dsl6
chrome5
blockchain5
ethereum5
dapps-development5
mkdocs-material5
emr5
discord4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
nicholasburka/rps-gui
Mar 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:191 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
nicholasburka/reach-vue-tutorial
Apr 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:30 commits, 23 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
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