Nikola Pleša
Software Engineer at Meta
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNikola Pleša is a software engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience building full-stack web mapping and geospatial tooling from Zurich. He has worked at Meta and previously at Mapillary, where he integrated imagery and map features at scale and modernized APIs and vector-tile workflows. Nikola contributes to notable open-source projects like the popular OpenStreetMap iD editor, adding Mapillary image overlays, traffic sign support, filtering, and performance-focused refactors. Comfortable across frontend and backend domains, he blends UI polish with API integration and testing discipline. He holds a B.Sc. in Computing from the University of Zagreb and brings a practical, product-oriented approach to complex GIS problems.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computing, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computing at University of Zagreb/Sveuciliste u Zagrebu
English, Croatian
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Github Skills (9)
openstreetmap10
mappings10
javascript10
d3js10
editor9
api9
vector-tiles9
editors9
apim9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openstreetmap/iD
May 2017 - Jun 2021
🆔 The easy-to-use OpenStreetMap editor in JavaScript.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 29 commits, 8 PRs in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nikola primarily worked on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the OpenStreetMap editor. Their contributions focused on integrating Mapillary features, including the display of images, traffic signs, and map features within the editor. The user implemented date and username filtering for photo overlays and also updated the codebase to leverage Mapillary's API v4 and vector tiles for improved performance and data display. The user also addressed unit test failures and refactored code to improve quality.
javascriptopenstreetmapd3editormapping
mapillary/mapillary-chrome-extension
May 2016 - Dec 2020
The awesome mapillary chrome extension
Contributions:14 commits, 3 PRs, 10 pushes in 4 years 7 months
chrome-extension
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