Summary
Billy Hepfinger is a Software Engineer II with 10 years of experience building full-stack web applications, currently shipping software at Microsoft after Xandr’s acquisition. He specializes in React-based frontends and has owned analytics dashboards and visualization tooling that turn complex data into intuitive user experiences. Billy combines strong engineering fundamentals—TypeScript, Docker, testing suites, and backend Node/Express work—with hands-on mentoring and onboarding of junior engineers. His background in comparative literature fuels clear technical communication and product-minded UX work, evident from projects ranging from high-traffic marketing sites to bespoke Kafka visualizers. Based in New York, he balances production-grade engineering with a creative streak—he’s a fan of good games, old books, and big sandwiches.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Comparative Literature, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Comparative Literature at Princeton University