Summary
Holly Springsteen is a Principal Software Engineer and seasoned tech leader with 11+ years blending front-end craft, design systems, and ethical technology advocacy from startups to Fortune 100s. She’s driven large-scale design system work for IBM, Cox Automotive, and Bright Health and repeatedly modernized legacy platforms by incrementally integrating React at scale. A former Marine Corps maintenance supervisor, she brings disciplined operational rigor and security-first thinking to engineering and product strategy. As a consulting principal and founder, she advises on AI ethics, SOC 2 compliance, and scalable UX-first architectures that have delivered measurable user growth and multimillion-dollar savings. She mentors teams across engineering, design, and product, and balances hands-on coding with high-level technical roadmaps. Based in Austin, Holly pairs a polymath front-end skillset with mission-driven work for healthcare and veteran-focused organizations.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Executive MBA Advanced Corporate-Level Strategy Strategic Leadership and Engineering Management, Executive MBA Advanced Corporate-Level Strategy Strategic Leadership and Engineering Management at Quantic School of Business and Technology
Engineering, Engineering at Marine Corps University
Bachelor’s Degree Web Design and Development, Bachelor’s Degree Web Design and Development at Full Sail University
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
English