Dennis Heckman
Principal Software Engineer at Procore Technologies
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDennis Heckman is a Principal Software Engineer based in Austin, Texas, with 13 years of experience designing and delivering scalable web application architectures for rapidly evolving products. He has progressed from hands-on full-stack engineering to engineering leadership roles, including Director of Engineering and Software Engineering Manager positions, and now drives architecture and delivery at Procore Technologies. His background spans startup and enterprise environments—Yonder, Ziff Media Group, and Offers.com—where he focused on complex system evolution and operational reliability. Known for translating ambiguous requirements into pragmatic, maintainable solutions, he balances technical depth with people leadership and mentorship. Dennis’s early work on university CMS platforms and long tenure in web-focused roles give him a grounded appreciation for both content-driven and large-scale transactional systems. He brings a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to architecture that emphasizes incremental improvement and measurable business impact.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at The University of Toledo
English
Github Skills (87)
dummy-data9
php-library9
factory9
faker8
testing8
generator8
logentries8
amazon-sqs7
symfony-component7
domcrawler7
notification7
wamp7
beanstalkd7
gearman7
elasticsearch-dsl7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
denheck/faker-context
Mar 2013 - Mar 2015
Contributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years
behattest-databehat-context
cauldron-lang/cauldron
Jul 2022 - Jun 2024
Contributions:43 PRs, 61 pushes, 23 branches in 1 year 11 months
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