Nithik Bala
I'm a product-minded engineer designing and building useful software, currently focused on AI and thoughtful interfaces.
Work
- Amulet (YC S26)Founder & CTO2026–present
- High-performance file system for agents
- MetaSoftware Engineer2023–2026
- Core Ads Growth and product infrastructure
- Calorie.aiFounder2023–present
- privacy-first AI calorie tracker
- Rockset (acquired by OpenAI)Software Engineer Intern2022
- slow-query tooling for the distributed query engine
- MetaSoftware Engineer Intern2022
- business payments and bank-slip validation
- Global PaymentsSoftware Engineer Intern2021
- frontend systems for the Muon customer service platform
- PagerDutySoftware Engineer Intern2021
- database reliability
Writing
Hobbies (WIP)
- Golf