Nathan Rice
Sr. Manager, Engineering at WP Engine
Williamston, South Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Rice is a seasoned engineering leader with 13 years of hands-on experience and nearly two decades building software, now leading distributed teams as Sr. Manager, Engineering at WP Engine. He combines deep WordPress product and front-end theming roots—having contributed to the Genesis sample theme and led commercial theme/plugin efforts—with a proven track record of guiding teams through product launches, reorganizations, and strategic pivots. Known for empathetic coaching, he has mentored numerous engineers to promotions while maintaining high morale and productivity in remote, cross-time-zone environments. His leadership emphasizes open communication, agile delivery, and measurable impact, bridging technical execution and talent development. Based in Williamston, SC, he brings both practical styling/accessibility chops and senior management experience that help translate customer needs into polished, scalable web products.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Associates of Applied Science, Associates of Applied Science at ITT Technical Institute
Github Skills (6)
accessibility10
theme-development10
css10
typography9
html9
responsive-design9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
studiopress/genesis-sample
May 2013 - Apr 2022
This is the sample theme created for the Genesis Framework.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 35 commits, 6 PRs in 9 years
Contributions summary:Nathan primarily contributed to the styling and theming of the Genesis Sample theme. They updated the stylesheet, syncing with different versions of the Genesis framework and incorporating changes related to typography, forms, and layout. Their work involved modifying existing CSS rules and adding new ones to improve the theme's visual appearance and responsiveness. Additionally, the user focused on enhancing the accessibility of the theme.
theme-samplepjaxsagegenesisgenesis-framework
studiopress/genesis-tabs
Nov 2013 - Oct 2017
Plugin: Genesis Tabs
Contributions:3 releases, 11 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years
tabsplugingenesis
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