Heather Billings
Director Of Software Engineering at Pluribus Digital
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolHeather Battaglia is a seasoned software engineering leader with 14 years of experience building front-end-driven teams and products for journalism and government digital services. Currently Director of Software Engineering in the Denver area, she has a track record at 18F leading engineering, product, and design rotations to deliver accessible, federally compliant web experiences. A hands-on front-end developer early in her career, Heather has contributed to well-known open-source projects like TimelineJS and the 18F/analytics.usa.gov and 18f.gsa.gov sites, improving UI, usability and information architecture. She combines newsroom-rooted data visualization and storytelling instincts with strong team-building and operational rigor, and is known for pragmatic preferences like a pro-React, anti-CSS-in-JS stance that shapes maintainable front-end codebases.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MMC Multimedia Journalism, MMC Multimedia Journalism at Arizona State UniversityBA Print Journalism Digital Media, BA Print Journalism Digital Media at California State University, Fresno
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Github Skills (15)
html10
css10
responsive-design10
javascript10
user-interface10
f10
federation10
front-end-development10
graphical-user-interface10
human-interface10
jekyll9
ui-design9
analytics8
jquery6
python6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
NUKnightLab/TimelineJS3
Dec 2014 - Nov 2015
TimelineJS v3: A Storytelling Timeline built in JavaScript. http://timeline.knightlab.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:180 commits, 106 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
Contributions summary:Heather's commits primarily focused on front-end development within the `nuknightlab/timelinejs3` repository, which is a JavaScript-based storytelling timeline. The commits involved making changes to CSS files, specifically modifying styles related to the visual appearance and layout of the timeline, such as adjusting z-index for hover effects. The user also added and modified CSS rules to improve the usability of the generated output. Additionally, the user contributed to Google Maps integration, indicating further front-end development tasks.
timelinejavascripttimelinejsstorytellingbuilt-in
18F/analytics.usa.gov
Apr 2016 - Jun 2016
The US federal government's web traffic.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:47 commits, 7 PRs, 20 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Heather primarily contributed to the front-end development of the analytics dashboard, making consistent style guide improvements throughout the codebase. Their commits reveal a focus on UI enhancements, including adjustments to layout files and the incorporation of Federal design standards. These changes involved modifications to the header, and mobile optimizations, improving the site's overall user experience.
analyticsstatisticsfederal-governmentanalytics-dashboarddap
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