Pietro Rosa
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Veneto, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolPietro Rosa is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience, currently contributing to Microsoft’s OneDrive and SharePoint teams from Italy. He brings deep Node.js and full‑stack expertise, having worked across Microsoft, Auth0, nearForm, and as a freelance contractor for clients like Sourcegraph and Auth0. Pietro is an active open-source contributor focused on front-end UX improvements (e.g., Backstage TechDocs) and performance-driven search features in projects like Orama. His background blends formal engineering training from Università degli Studi di Ferrara and practical cross‑platform integrations, and he has a knack for subtle UI refinements that improve developer documentation and search experiences.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Liceo Scientifico "P. Paleocapa" Rovigo (Italy)Engineer's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, triennale nuovo ordinamento, Engineer's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, triennale nuovo ordinamento at Università degli Studi di Ferrara
Italian, English
Github Skills (23)
search-engine10
javascript10
typescript10
backstage10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
full-text-search10
react10
vector-search9
web-developer9
portal9
nodejs9
nodes9
data-structures8
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
oramasearch/orama
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
🌌 A complete search engine and RAG pipeline in your browser, server or edge network with support for full-text, vector, and hybrid search in less than 2kb.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 5 commits, 12 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Pietro made contributions across the codebase, primarily focused on refactoring and improving various aspects of the Orama search engine. Their work included fixing bugs related to tokenizer, prefix tree, and utility functions. The user also introduced testing infrastructure with Playwright and made performance improvements to facets and hybrid search functionality. Moreover, the user worked on integrating the project with different platforms like Astro and Nextra.
memoryfull-text-searchfull-textjavascripttypo-tolerance
backstage/backstage
Oct 2022 - Oct 2022
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 7 commits, 2 PRs in 15 days
Contributions summary:Pietro's contributions primarily focus on modifying the user interface components within the TechDocs plugin. They fixed and refactored elements of the page header, including capitalization and positioning adjustments. Their work demonstrates an understanding of React and potentially Material-UI for building UI components, as seen in the use of `<Grid>` and `<CodeIcon>`. These commits suggest a focus on improving the visual presentation and user experience of the TechDocs pages.
portalsinfrastructureopen-platformdxbackstage
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