Luca Damasco
Software Engineering Manager at Figma
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLuca Damasco is a Software Engineering Manager at Figma with 10 years of experience designing and shipping creative tools that empower artists and designers. As co-founder and lead engineer of Wick Editor he built a free, open-source web animation and game creation tool used by over 90,000 monthly users, grew a 1,000+ contributor community, and secured $150k+ in grants to support development. He pairs hands-on engineering — from front-end web apps to tooling and back-end fixes like restoring Processing.py integration with Processing 3 via a custom preprocessor — with curriculum design and teaching experience at NYU and CMU. Holding an HCI master's and an MBA, he bridges product, UX research and technical delivery to make creative coding more accessible. Based in New York, he focuses on developer tools and educational experiences that help people make things.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General at Quantic School of Business and TechnologyWorld Journalism Preparatory SchoolCarnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (13)
file-processing10
pre-processing10
jython10
parallel-processing10
python10
multi-processing10
post-processing10
language-processing10
abstract-syntax-tree10
document-processing10
data-processing10
java9
javas9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jdf/processing.py
Jun 2015 - Oct 2015
Write Processing sketches in Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 3 PRs, 1 comment in 4 months
Contributions summary:Luca primarily focused on enhancing the Processing Python mode (`jdf/processing.py`) by implementing a preprocessor. This preprocessor moves specific function calls, like `size()` and `fullScreen()`, from the `setup()` function into the `settings()` function. Further contributions include adjustments to file structures and integration with the Jython driver to incorporate the preprocessor functionality and fix errors within the build. The user’s work improved the functionality and stability of the library.
pythonprocessing-sketchessketches
Luxapodular/Py5.js
Jan 2019 - Mar 2021
Creating a browser-based python version of the P5.js library.
Contributions:29 commits, 2 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 years 2 months
pythonjs-librarybrowserpyodidejavascript
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