Nelson Pecora
Principal Software Engineer at Atlassian
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorNelson Pecora is a Principal Software Engineer in New York with 12 years of experience designing and delivering content-rich web platforms and developer tooling. He has led architecture and roadmaps for major CMS projects at Newsela and New York Magazine, designing graph-based content models and guiding cross-functional teams. At Atlassian he continues to shape scalable, backend-focused systems while contributing to open-source efforts like neo4j/graphql, improving GraphQL-to-Cypher translation and resolver behavior. A multidisciplinary thinker who draws inspiration from game design, culinary arts, Tufte, and theater, he blends practical engineering with thoughtful information design. He mentors engineers and partners with product and editorial stakeholders to turn complex content requirements into maintainable systems. Outside work he has served as Media Director for the US Federation of Battodo, reflecting a taste for structured discipline and creative pursuits.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
typescript10
wpgraphql10
neo4j10
cypher10
wordpress-graphql10
typescript-types10
graphql10
typescripts10
nodejs8
graph7
apollo-server7
asp-net6
dictionary6
dns6
gestures6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
neo4j/graphql
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
A GraphQL to Cypher query execution layer for Neo4j and JavaScript GraphQL implementations.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 16 commits, 4 PRs in 6 days
Contributions summary:Nelson primarily focused on enhancing the Neo4j GraphQL query execution layer. Their contributions involved modifying the codebase to merge top-level arguments from resolvers, affecting how data is translated and processed. This includes updating various translation files (create, read, update, delete) and schema resolver files (update, delete, create, read) to accommodate these changes. They also added tests to validate the functionality and integration with middleware.
queryimplementationsjavascriptgraphscypher-query
nymag/gulp-folder-changed
Apr 2015 - Aug 2016
Gulp plugin to pass through files if they've changed
Contributions:2 releases, 23 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 3 months
gulp-pluginpassgulp
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