Brian Heithaus
Senior Software Engineer at Traction
Hawaii, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Heithaus is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building thoughtful, efficient, high-quality software from startup prototypes to enterprise internal services. Based in Hawaii, he currently leads UI engineering for an internal platform at a major global brand through Traction while also consulting independently. His background spans full-stack product work—including search and dashboard systems, ElasticSearch indexing, Stripe integrations, and custom front-end routing—gained at companies like Mashape and several startups. He pairs a mechanical engineering and entrepreneurship foundation from Arizona State with immersive full-stack training from App Academy, bringing both systems thinking and product sensibility to front-end and platform challenges. Notably, he founded a social-impact venture to facilitate community food-forest donations, reflecting a blend of technical skill and civic-minded entrepreneurship.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Mechanical Engineering / Entrepreneurship, 3.6, Mechanical Engineering / Entrepreneurship, 3.6 at Arizona State UniversityFull Stack Web Development, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Backbone, CSS, HTML5, Full Stack Web Development, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Backbone, CSS, HTML5 at App Academy
German
Stackoverflow
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277reached
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Github Skills (19)
custom-pages9
bootstrap8
rubygems7
jekyll7
bootstrap-theme7
pug6
react6
nodejs6
jekyll-theme6
ruby6
javascript6
google-analytics6
github-pages5
typescript5
react-components5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bheithaus/soundvillage
May 2013 - Jun 2013
Soundcloud powered Radio (single page app)
Contributions:100 commits in 1 month
soundcloud
bheithaus/deepwood_strings
Mar 2021 - Mar 2026
Contributions:11 pushes in 5 years
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