Nick Wesselman
Product Manager at Shopify
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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RockstarNick Wesselman is a Product Manager with nine years of hands-on software experience focused on developer experience and full-stack engineering. Based in Asheville, NC, he blends product strategy with practical engineering contributions—improving CLI tooling, env handling, and container-friendly configuration in notable open-source projects like Sitecore JSS, Sitecore Habitat, and the Shopify CLI. His strengths lie in smoothing developer workflows: from improving install/uninstall scripts and database automation to enabling template subpaths and WASM path overrides for app scaffolding. Colleagues rely on him to translate operational pain points into concrete tooling changes that reduce friction in CI/CD and local development. Not obviously visible from his title, he regularly contributes to both front-end and back-end codebases, demonstrating a rare mix of product instincts and implementation discipline.
9 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (34)
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github10
shopify10
typescript10
nextjs10
templater10
template-engine10
environment-variables10
sitecore10
netframework10
typescript-types10
powershell10
typescripts10
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Sitecore/jss
Apr 2018 - May 2021
Software development kit for JavaScript developers building web applications with Sitecore Experience Platform
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:94 reviews, 72 commits, 41 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to the Next.js sample application within the repository. Their work included allowing override of configuration values using environment variables, which is critical for containerized deployments. They also fixed linting issues and updated documentation related to component creation and Next.js differences. Furthermore, they implemented `.env` handling for the CLI, improving the developer experience.
javascriptsitecorereactssrgraphql
Sitecore/Habitat
Jun 2018 - Dec 2019
Sitecore Modular Architecture Example
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:4 releases, 123 commits, 44 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily focused on improving the installation and uninstallation scripts for the Sitecore Habitat project, addressing SQL Server configuration, database management, and Carbon installation. They also updated various project dependencies, including Sitecore version references, and performed general code updates to the testing frameworks and projects within the solution. Furthermore, the user made updates to the build and deployment tools, such as BuildWebCompiler and Unicorn, and adjusted testing code to align with those changes.
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