Nicola Piccinini
Software Engineer at Self-employed
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNicola Piccinini is a seasoned software engineer with 18 years of experience, based in Zurich, who currently builds product-focused back-end systems at MOCO / hundertzehn GmbH. He has a strong Ruby/Rails pedigree reflected in long tenures at Simplificator AG and contributions to the well-known Geokit gem, where he improved geocoding, mapping logic and test coverage. Comfortable across the stack, Nicola blends pragmatic refactoring and core-library improvements with product delivery for SaaS teams. He studied Information Technology at Università degli Studi di Verona and brings a patient, pragmatic approach honed by both agency work and long-term product engineering. Unusually, he balances professional engineering with hands-on community engagement—supporting local childcare at Letten kindergarten while remaining active in open-source. This mix of steady craftsmanship, open-source contribution, and community involvement makes him a reliable engineer for sustained product development.
18 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Università degli Studi di Verona
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Github Skills (12)
testing10
mappings10
geocoding10
ruby10
rspec6
git6
internationalization6
pullrequest6
javascript6
github6
asset-pipeline6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
geokit/geokit
Dec 2008 - Mar 2009
Official Geokit Gem. Geokit gem provides geocoding and distance/heading calculations. Pair with the geokit-rails plugin for full-fledged location-based app functionality.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Nicola primarily focused on enhancing the core functionality of the Geokit gem, specifically in the geocoding and mapping capabilities. Their contributions involved refactoring existing code for improved structure, merging multiple results handling, and fixing typos. The changes included modifications in the `lib/mappable.rb`, `lib/geocoders.rb`, and tests, indicating the user was actively working on the core logic and data structures of the library.
geospatialheadingcalculationsrailsgeocoding
pic/globalize
May 2008 - Apr 2009
Contributions:18 commits in 11 months
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