# Daniel Nixa

> Engineering @ Harvey

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/danielnixa

Ship fast. Validate early. Engineer driving velocity, business impact, and customer outcomes.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Harvey
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer & Consultant (Founding/Early-Stage) @ Software Engineering Consulting
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026
Architected and built marketing analytics app for seed stage startup, replacing an initial proof-of-concept with production app that helped secure funding.

### Software Engineer - Integrations and Applied AI @ GC AI
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
Built and scaled AI agents for legal research, chat, and document workflows — powering redlining, drafting, and automated analysis.

Led the design and build of an agentic AI Word plugin, taking it from prototype to a full production application (now used thousands of times per day). 

Designed retrieval and orchestration systems handling tens of thousands of daily interactions and documents.

### Software Engineer @ Ironclad
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
Software engineer on the API & Integrations team. Led end-to-end development of large-scale features and integrations, and designed and scaled REST APIs that powered core workflows for enterprise customers and thousands of users.

Early employee — joined at Series B through Series E (50× revenue).

Primarily TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and GCP.

### Forward Deployed Engineer (employee ~60) @ Ironclad
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California
Implemented Ironclad for enterprise clients, building workflows and features for contract automation. 

Developed document ingestion systems and customer‑specific product extensions. 

Acted as technical and product bridge across engineering, product, and customer teams. 

Helped build and scale customer success team and professional services.

### Partner @ Smith Gambrell Russell
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
Represented companies and individuals in corporate and business related litigation. Formerly Figliulo and Silverman LLC.

### Founder @ The Nixa Law Firm, LLC
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019
Founded civil rights law firm that pursued high-impact cases on behalf of victims of police misconduct.

### Assistant Corporation Counsel @ City of Chicago Department of Law
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016
Represented the City in federal court litigation. Tried several high exposure cases to jury.

### Associate @ Schiff Hardin LLP
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Represented Fortune 100 clients in civil litigation in Chicago and other jurisdictions across the country.

### Department of Law, Attorney Extern - Special Litigation Unit @ City of Chicago
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009


## Education
### Doctor of Law (JD)
Vanderbilt University Law School

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business Administration
University of Nebraska at Omaha


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/daniel-nixa
- Portfolio: http://www.schiffhardin.com/attorneys/attorney-search/nixa-daniel-b

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Last updated: 2026-04-11