Eric Hegnes
Software Engineer at Union Labs
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolEric Hegnes is a software engineer with over a decade of industry experience and 4+ years building startup-grade web and mobile solutions, now focusing on systems programming and experimentation with GraphQL and WebGPU in Rust. He has shipped full-stack features across enterprise and startup environments—from senior engineering at MGM Resorts to full-stack and lead roles at smaller firms—and currently contributes to cutting-edge zero-knowledge bridge tooling at Union Labs. His open-source work includes refactoring a TypeScript SDK and improving build and workspace tooling for a trust-minimized, ZK bridging protocol, showing attention to code quality and reproducible builds. Based in Pittsburgh, he blends practical product delivery with low-level systems curiosity, often exploring personal projects that push beyond typical web stacks. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who bridges front-end, back-end, and infrastructure concerns while continuously learning emerging platforms.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Drexel University
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Github Skills (18)
javascript10
jsbridge10
php-java-bridge10
scriptingbridge10
typescript10
react-native-bridge10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
testing9
pnpm9
blockchain9
vitest9
zeroth8
nix8
ethereum7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
unionlabs/union
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025
The trust-minimized, zero-knowledge bridging protocol, designed for censorship resistance, extremely high security, and usage in decentralized finance.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 5 PRs, 23 pushes in 5 days
Contributions summary:Eric primarily focused on enhancing the TypeScript SDK within the `union` repository, which is a trust-minimized, zero-knowledge bridging protocol. Their contributions involved refactoring the `ts-sdk` to incorporate `effect` primitives, migrating and enhancing the `ucs03` instruction with `effect` primitives. The user also addressed conflicts, fixed fungible asset order examples and improved PNPM workspace handling and Nix configurations, indicating a focus on code quality, maintenance, and build process improvements. Further contributions included adapting examples and providing implementations for specific transfer scenarios.
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ehegnes/dotfiles
Apr 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:15 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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