Nicole mazzuca
Senior Software Engineer at reMarkable
Tromsø, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
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Nicole Mazzuca is a senior software engineer with 11 years of experience focused on developer tools, build systems, and C++ infrastructure. She spent five years at Microsoft contributing to vcpkg and the C++ standard library, improving cross-platform test infrastructure and making package tooling more robust—work visible in high-impact repos like microsoft/vcpkg. Now at reMarkable, she sharpens developer workflows by evolving the build system to increase productivity for engineering teams. Her background in mathematics and early internship rotations across Visual C++ backend and vcpkg give her a strong blend of formal problem-solving and practical systems experience. Colleagues know her for turning flaky, platform-specific tests into reliable, documented automation that keeps builds moving.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics at Western Washington University
English, Norwegian, Spanish
Github Skills (19)
unit-testing10
c-language10
multiplatform10
testing10
catch210
cross-platform10
cmake10
build-automation10
cprogramming-language10
test-automation10
cpp-library9
standard-library9
c-libraries9
macos8
linux8
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vcpkg
Jul 2019 - Mar 2022
C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:434 reviews, 179 commits, 1028 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Nicole primarily worked on the test infrastructure for the `vcpkg` repository. They made several commits modifying and rewriting the tests, including refactoring them to be cross-platform and implementing tests for handling symlinks. Their contributions involved changing the build configurations, adding new tests utilizing the Catch2 framework, and allowing tests to run on older standard libraries. The user also fixed issues with various build configurations.
c-plus-plussetuptoolspackage-managermacoscplusplus
microsoft/vcpkg-tool
Jul 2019 - Apr 2022
Components of microsoft/vcpkg's binary.
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:101 reviews, 112 commits, 66 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Nicole's commits primarily focused on enhancing and rewriting tests for the `vcpkg-tool` repository. Their work included rewriting tests to be cross-platform compatible, writing new tests utilizing the Catch2 framework, and addressing build issues and inconsistencies across various platforms. Additionally, the user contributed to improving the test infrastructure by simplifying calls and adding documentation.
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