Heather Pfeiffer

About Heather Pfeiffer

I\'m a software engineer with management experience specializing in Java, Python, Node.js,…

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Reactype

   Mar 2024 — Present

   An open source React TypeScript framework for prototyping UI components which aims to enhance developer experience and maintainability using React\'s declarative and component-based approach to building user interfaces•Leveraged TypeScript static type-checking and enhanced tooling to facilitate ease of debugging and error prevention for managing the continuous growth and evolving project requirements•Led the adoption of Redux Toolkit for centralized state management, ensuring a predictable data flow and adherence to FLUX principles, ultimately enhancing data consistency, expediting development cycles, fostering more robust user experience via predictable application behavior•Implemented Material UI (MUI) within React model design studio tool (49 added components) via customized configuration objects, state manipulations, and function implementations, enhancing dev experience by leveraging pre-made stylings for rapid mockup and improved UI consistency•Integrated comprehensive test suites with 80% coverage using the Vitest framework’s automated testing and detailed reporting, leveraging parallel execution and mock testing•Contributed to implementation of a MongoDB NoSQL database, leveraging Mongoose schema handling for seamless and efficient data management of user information allowing horizontal scaling •Delivered DevOps strategy for deployment on Heroku, utilizing the Heroku CLI and GitHub integration, facilitating smooth integration with Git workflow

Education

• University of Central Florida

  B.A.

• Nucamp Coding Bootcamp

  Backend SQL and DevOps with Python

• Codesmith

  Advanced Software Engineering

• University of West Florida

  M.Ed.