Summary
Jessica Hathaway is a Portland, Oregon-based Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience delivering full-stack web applications and a strong focus on UX design. She currently serves as Senior Software Engineer at Leafly, contributing across frontend and backend systems after advancing from Software Engineer II. Her background spans dymaptic, Navigation North, and Fifth Sun, where she held roles including UI/UX Lead and QA Team Lead, with a consistent emphasis on accessibility and user-centered design. Notable projects include an Electron-based frontend for a direct-to-garment printing workflow and a Django REST API, and the Smithsonian Learning Lab, a Webby Award-winning education platform. She completed Devmountain's full-stack immersive program and holds an associate degree from St. Petersburg College, reflecting a practical, hands-on approach to building scalable software.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Palm Harbor University High School
Associate's degree, Associate's degree at St. Petersburg College
Full-stack Immersive Web Development, Full-stack Immersive Web Development at Devmountain