Nichole Mattera
Staff Software Engineer at Nearpod
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNichole Mattera is a Staff Software Engineer in Saint Paul with 15 years of hands-on experience building front-end and full-stack products at companies like Nearpod and Pendo. She blends deep UI expertise—shipping workflow and data-explorer features and leading cross-functional teams—with practical tooling work, from implementing Conventional Commits and automated changelogs to a repo-query tool that audits 200+ repositories. A longtime tinkerer who began coding on a 486 and released homebrew apps for the PSP and Nintendo Switch, she also contributes to well-known open-source projects such as the indie game VVVVVV, improving controller and UI behavior. Colleagues know her as a pragmatic tech lead who reduces complexity (for example cutting local RAM needs by 16GB) while documenting and scaling team processes. Outside work she pursues rock climbing, photography, and community volunteering, reflecting a maker mindset that fuels both side projects like Pridful.li and her professional craftsmanship.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
AS Computer Programming and Analysis, AS Computer Programming and Analysis at Daytona State College
Github Skills (11)
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
The source code to VVVVVV! http://thelettervsixtim.es/
Role in this project:
Game Developer
Game DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 5 PRs, 5 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Nichole primarily contributed to gameplay mechanics and user interface aspects of the VVVVVV game. They fixed issues related to controller navigation in menus and the map, and implemented the ability to bind the restart function to a controller button. Additional work included adding the "restart" option to the controller configuration menu, and fixing hotkey issues during text inputs within the editor. The user also made adjustments to the title screen and added themselves as a contributor to the game's credits.
NicholeMattera/OJDS-NX
Jul 2019 - Feb 2022
System module for the Nintendo Switch to serve gamepad inputs to another computer on a LAN with Open Joystick Display.
Contributions:4 releases, 21 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 7 months
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