Nick Hess
Staff Technical Lead Manager at Peloton Interactive
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolNick Hess is a staff technical lead manager with 11 years of experience building and scaling web platforms, currently shaping Peloton’s Web Platform roadmap and architecture while remaining an active contributor and mentor. He has driven measurable impact through projects like migrating a GraphQL gateway to a federated architecture (eliminating schema incidents), creating self-service order features to reduce support load, and implementing a DORA-based frontend release process that halved lead time. Prior roles span full-stack improvements, TypeScript migrations that cut production bugs by 80%, and performance refactors that improved time-to-interactive by 30%, reflecting a pragmatic focus on developer velocity and user outcomes. Based in Denver, he combines hands-on engineering with team-building and process design, and brings a background in media and information from Michigan State University that informs his product-forward technical leadership.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Undergraduate Media and Information, Undergraduate Media and Information at Michigan State University
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (57)
vercel10
static-site-generator10
css10
nextjs10
browser10
server-rendering10
react-framework10
front-end-development10
ssg10
compiler10
react10
hybrid10
hot-reload9
javascript9
web-development-tools9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
hessnd/dotfiles
Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
Contributions:33 commits, 140 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
hessnd/Portfolio
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:32 PRs, 65 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 4 months
reactnickreactjspersonal-portfolio-websitenextjs
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