Nick Piesco
Lead Engineer at Xero
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Piesco is a Lead Engineer with 13 years of front-end experience, currently driving component and platform work at Xero from Wellington, New Zealand. He specializes in semantic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript, with a strong track record building design systems, automated accessibility tooling, and deployment pipelines for large-scale UI libraries. His background as a TV meteorologist gives him a refined eye for typography, layout and storytelling—skills he translates into clear, data-driven interfaces and polished digital imaging. Nick mentors new engineers, leads cross-team collaboration, and has repeatedly delivered proofs of concept that shaped product direction and engineering practices. He combines pragmatic engineering with design sensibility, often finding elegant custom solutions when standard tooling falls short.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication with Honors, Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication with Honors at University of FloridaCertificate in Web Design and Development, Certificate in Web Design and Development at Texas State Technical CollegeCertificate in Broadcast Meteorology, Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology at Mississippi State University
Github Skills (1)
alloy2
Github contributions (5)
nickpiesco/word-clock
Apr 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:5 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
savoirfairelinux/liferay-responsive-layouts-with-bootstrap
Jan 2013 - Feb 2013
Contributions:8 commits in 1 month
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