Nicolas Escoffier is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Francisco with 12 years of front-end expertise, currently building at Coinbase after senior roles at Kraken, Nutanix, and multiple startups. He combines deep JavaScript proficiency (React, Angular, Backbone, ES6) with strong UI/UX instincts and a background in graphic design, which helps him bridge pixel-perfect interfaces and scalable front-end architectures. Nicolas has led engineering teams as Director of Engineering and contributed to well-known open-source tooling—enhancing the popular Twitter-Post-Fetcher to return data objects for easier integration. Fluent in French and English, he brings cross-cultural communication to global product teams and a rare mix of creative visual skills and disciplined engineering practices. Known for performance-minded front-end work and frequent context switching between startups and large enterprises, he excels at shipping user-centric, maintainable front-end systems.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat Scientifique option Sciences de l'Ingénieur Maths Physique Génie Electrique Génie Mécanique, Baccalauréat Scientifique option Sciences de l'Ingénieur Maths Physique Génie Electrique Génie Mécanique at Lycée Jean Perrin
Scientifique option Sciences de l'Ingénieur Maths Physique Génie Electrique Génie Mécanique, Scientifique option Sciences de l'Ingénieur Maths Physique Génie Electrique Génie Mécanique at Lycée Antonin Artaud
BTS Audiovisuel option Montage et Post Production Audiovisuel Montage Vidéo Etalonnage Compositing, BTS Audiovisuel option Montage et Post Production Audiovisuel Montage Vidéo Etalonnage Compositing at ENSAV, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Audio Visuel
Licence WebDesigner Integrateur Xhtml/CSS WebDesign Developpement Web Animation, Licence WebDesigner Integrateur Xhtml/CSS WebDesign Developpement Web Animation at IBGS, Institut BGS
Fetch your twitter posts without using the new Twitter 1.1 API. Pure JavaScript! By Jason Mayes
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 9 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the Twitter post fetcher. They implemented a new `dataOnly` option to return an array of JavaScript objects instead of HTML strings. Additionally, the user updated the example usage files to demonstrate the integration and application of the new feature. Further commits addressed bug fixes related to the implemented features and maintained the correct display of URLs.
Contributions:13 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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Nicolas Escoffier - Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase