About

Nicholas Pappagalo is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 9 years of experience in the field. Currently, he works at Brex as a Senior Software Engineer, Frontend, where he is responsible for developing and maintaining the frontend of the company's expense management platform. Nicholas is passionate about using design-thinking and people skills to tackle complex problems while creating fun and novel applications. He is proficient in a wide range of development skills, including ReactJS, Javascript, TypeScript, GraphQL, Apollo, styled-components, css-in-js, styled-system, design-systems, jest, Meteor, MongoDB, noSQL, Node, Express, AJAX, jQuery, HTML5, and CSS3. He also possesses strong product skills, such as competitive analysis, brand positioning, feature creation, user flows, user stories, wireframes, launch strategy, and rollout strategy. Before joining Brex, Nicholas worked as a Software Engineer II, Frontend, at the same company where he was responsible for developing and maintaining the frontend of the company's bill pay platform. Prior to that, he worked at Ease as a Software Engineer, where he led the architecture and development of a design system created with React and styled-components, tested with jest, presented with Storybook, and deployed via Netlify CD. He also optimized webpack configuration, decreasing sum of gzipped bundles by 59% and Time to Interactive (TTI) by 35%. Additionally, he converted routes of the company's server-rendered jQuery ASP.NET monolith application to a robust, flexible, and scalable JavaScript platform with React while balancing tech and business needs. Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business Administration with a focus on Marketing from California State University. He is highly proficient in software engineering, frontend development, Javascript, ReactJS, Typescript, NoSQL, MongoDB, dotNET, and ASP.NET. He is a skilled communicator and collaborator, and he enjoys mentoring and developing the skills of his team members.