Nico Figueira
Web engineer · Plugin architect · DevOps enthusiast
I build things for the web and make sure they keep running. WordPress plugins serving millions of users, deployment pipelines that don’t wake anyone up at 3am, and the kind of infrastructure you forget exists — because it just works.
Currently at Saturday Drive (the folks behind Ninja Forms), where I wear several hats: plugin developer, add-on architect, CI/CD wrangler, and the person who answers “I already did it” to “can we automate that?”
What I Do
WordPress & Plugin Development
Deep in the WordPress ecosystem since 2010. I build and maintain plugins, design add-on architectures, and wrangle hooks like it’s a rodeo. PHP, JavaScript, REST APIs, block editor — the full stack.
DevOps & Infrastructure
CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, server hardening, monitoring. I turn “works on my machine” into “works everywhere, automatically.” Linux, Docker, Cloudflare Workers, GitHub Actions.
AI & Automation
Using AI as a real engineering tool — Claude Code for development, automated agents for infrastructure, and building AI-powered features into production systems. Not hype, just shipping.
Tech Stack
The tools I reach for every day — and a few I reach for when things get interesting.
Languages
JavaScript · PHP · TypeScript · Bash · SQL · HTML/CSS · Node.js
Platforms
WordPress · Cloudflare (Pages, Workers, D1, KV) · Linux · Docker · Azure
Tools & Practices
Git · SVN · GitHub Actions · Claude Code · Jest · Cypress · Xdebug · Postman · Lando · WP-CLI · Terminal · Browser DevTools
Let’s talk
Got a project, a question, or just want to geek out about WordPress architecture?