Peter Pak
Senior Software Engineer at MediaNews Group
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolPeter Pak is a Senior Software Engineer in Denver with nine years of professional experience building scalable CMS and web applications, particularly using Java J2EE and WordPress/PHP. At MediaNews Group he architects plugin and backend solutions that combine GraphQL, Redis, Apache Storm and legacy Java/ATG systems to power major news sites like The Denver Post. He brings deep familiarity with databases (DB2, Oracle, MySQL), cloud platforms (AWS, Heroku), and CI/tooling workflows, and has practical experience in data migration and search integration projects. An active open-source contributor, he has improved core WordPress GraphQL functionality—specifically comment author handling—demonstrating attention to evolving API design. His background blends system-level engineering with content-focused product work, making him effective at bridging newsroom needs and robust backend architecture.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor Science, Computer Science, Bachelor Science, Computer Science at Brigham Young University
Github Skills (8)
wordpress10
graphql10
union-types10
php10
wordpress-graphql10
wpgraphql10
api9
wordpress-plugin8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
wp-graphql/wp-graphql
Oct 2017 - Aug 2018
:rocket: GraphQL API for WordPress
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 1 push in 10 months
Contributions summary:Peter contributed to the core functionality of the GraphQL API for WordPress, focusing on the Comment Author feature. Their work involved implementing and modifying code related to comment author handling and union types. The user refactored the code, and removed and reverted changes to `RootQueryType.php` file and `CommentType.php` files in their commits.
gatsbyapigraphql-apiwordpresswp-graphql
pjpak/pjpak.github.io
May 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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