Nick Heiner currently works at Surge AI, where his focus is on building RL environments for frontier AI labs. His career in software engineering includes a role as a Digital Services Expert at U.S. Doge Service.

Prior to his current position, Heiner gained experience as a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix and Opower. He also completed software engineering internships at Google and Microsoft during the early stages of his career. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.