Heather Knowlton is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience specializing in front-end development, currently building merchant-facing products at Shopify. She has a strong React and TypeScript background honed through roles at Carvana and Riskalyze where she led frontend teams and shipped apps that changed how businesses buy and list inventory. Heather blends product-minded engineering with hands-on implementation, having also taught full-stack web development and contributed to special projects that sit at the core of platform operations. Her career progression from client-facing operations and account management into senior engineering roles gives her a pragmatic user-centered perspective that informs robust, maintainable UI solutions. Based in Atlanta, she brings cross-functional leadership and a track record of reducing friction in complex workflows while mentoring teammates.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Minor Marketing, Minor Marketing at Kennesaw State University - Michael J. Coles College of Business
Coding Boot Camp, Coding Boot Camp at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Business Administration and Management General, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Business Administration and Management General at Kennesaw State University
Contributions:40 PRs, 42 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
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Heather Knowlton - Senior Software Engineer at Shopify