Heather Vandervecht
Sr. Staff Software Engineer at Dialogue
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolHeather Vandervecht is a Sr. Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience building user-focused web products and leading cross-functional teams from prototype to production. She blends front-end expertise (React, TypeScript, styled-components) with backend and full-stack experience, having migrated legacy apps, created design systems, and integrated analytics across complex ecosystems. At Dialogue and previous roles she’s driven technical vision, reduced tech debt, and increased test coverage while mentoring engineers and improving delivery processes. Known as an avid learner and optimistic collaborator, she prioritizes psychological safety so teammates can bring their authentic selves to work. Outside of work she explores new JS libraries, daydreams about space, and is currently teaching her dog to tolerate nail trims—a small example of her patient, iterative approach to tough problems.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Interactive Media Design and Production Media, Interactive Media Design and Production Media at Fanshawe College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (51)
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static-site9
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chat9
react9
netlify-cms8
macos8
dialogflow8
create-react-app8
blog-engine8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
heathervv/portfolio-2016
Aug 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:16 commits, 2 PRs, 53 pushes in 1 year 8 months
cssjavascriptreactreactjs
blunt/bokeh
Jul 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:5 PRs, 166 pushes, 15 branches in 4 months
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