# Nicolo Pizzoferrato

> Senior Software Engineer at Collage.com

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nicolo

A passionate and results-driven full-stack software engineer with 10+ years of experience across several industries. Strong focus on intuitive API design, scalable implementation, framework improvements, and test coverage. Well-versed in agile/scrum, and dedicated to constantly improving processes in order to maximize both quality and efficiency. I enjoy collaboration and communication with various stakeholders across an organization and its customers, to better ensure that engineering is meeting everyone’s needs effectively.

Currently seeking full-time or contract employment and available to begin working immediately. Must be fully remote, and the flexibility to work from anywhere is strongly preferred. I always work US hours to ensure smooth collaboration with my peers.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Collage.com
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | United States
- Member of the infrastructure and platform API team. Responsible for maintenance of various configurations and systems managed by AWS (e.g. Parameter Store, S3, MariaDB)
- Notable achievements include writing frameworks for JSON-API-compliant API design, caching, and recording/replaying database and API requests to facilitate end to end testing

### Senior Software Engineer @ Shutterstock
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | New York, United States
- Technical lead for an entire team (four developers) during a several month full-stack initiative that involved migrating all legacy Collections pages (originally written in raw JavaScript and Nunjucks templates) to React/Redux in tandem with several supporting API changes
- Technical lead for the rewriting of the legacy Collection service (originally written in Perl) as a Node.js application including RESTful API design, sustainable object-oriented code patterns, enhanced caching algorithms, and simplified access control layer. The service has served as high as 50,000 requests per minute in production with an average response time of under 10ms
- Built a new streamlined download flow via user collections that increased licensing revenue by 15%
- Orchestrated a large data migration of over 14 million collections (“lightboxes”) from a legacy database into Shutterstock’s Collection service, involving several phases of development and deployment to ensure zero downtime
- Implemented a “smart” sitemap generator that regularly updated the sitemap according to SEO best practices, including search results pages based on the most popular searches according to Google Analytics
- Added support for translations through integration with Shutterstock’s translation service, including middleware and cookie support for a smooth user experience
- Responsible for ownership of the full development cycle of five separate applications, including testing and deployment in all environments

### Software Engineer @ Yodle
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015
- Full-stack development in support of online marketing tools for over 50,000 clients and 500 internal users, with focus on the website and email marketing products
- Architected a brand new content management system (CMS) for creating and customizing client websites based on selection of various components (layout, style, color, and font).
- Implemented a client-facing email marketing tool including email rendering and sending through Sendgrid’s API, web app interface and back end support, and event-driven system for automated and time-triggered emails

### Software Engineer Intern @ Kapitall
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | New York, United States
- Contributed toward development of Webby-award-winning user interface for financial analysis and investing
- Designed and implemented for user-friendly tutorials of various features using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
- Ensured complete cross-browser compatibility (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, IE 7 through 9, iPad/iPhone)
- Improved site visibility by implementing social media options (Facebook/Twitter) throughout the application

### Real Estate Agent @ Mark David & Company
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | New York, United States
- Produced above $70,000 in revenues for the company over a ten month period
- Networked and marketed through various platforms including NY Times and Craigslist to find potential clients
- Submitted applications to landlords personally and communicated regularly to ensure a swift approval


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Columbia University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Business Administration, Management and Operations
Washington University in St. Louis
Jan 2003 – Jan 2007


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nicolo-pizzoferrato-6021141a5

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Last updated: 2026-03-22