Nico Di Rocco is an Engineering Manager based in Amsterdam with 14 years of experience leading software teams and shipping scalable web and infrastructure projects. He progressed from hands-on software engineer to Agile Team Manager and now heads engineering at Leaseweb, blending technical depth in PHP/Symfony and Python/Django with operational skills in configuration management (Chef, Ansible) and Linux/BSD systems. Nico has a background in rich UIs (Flash/Flex, AngularJS) and a practical emphasis on DevOps and automation that helps teams move faster and more reliably. As an open-source contributor he improved Pelican’s plugin system by adding a finalized signal and enhancing docs—showing attention to both extensibility and developer experience. He pairs a communications degree and HCI studies with product-oriented engineering, making him effective at translating user needs into robust technical solutions. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic leader who still dives into code to unblock teams and drive improvements end-to-end.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Communications, Communication and Media Studies, Bachelor of Communications, Communication and Media Studies at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
Human-Computer Interaction, Data Structures, Human-Computer Interaction, Data Structures at Utrecht University
Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:12 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Nico primarily contributed to the Pelican static site generator by introducing new features and improvements. They implemented a `finalized` signal for post-processing tasks, enhancing the flexibility of the build process. The user also updated the documentation to reflect these changes, improving user understanding of the plugin system and signals. Furthermore, they integrated upstream changes and addressed various setting configurations.
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 8 months
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