Summary
Hunter Heston is a software engineer with nearly a decade of experience building scalable, well-tested backend systems and security tooling for high-stakes environments like Google and Lockheed Martin. He specializes in backend and backend-leaning full-stack work using Go, C++, JavaScript, and React, and has shipped production security automation and AI safety tools. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs systems-level thinking—demonstrated in infrared tracking and security platforms—with practical front-end improvements dating back to NASA-facing web and JavaFX interfaces. Based in Boulder, CO, Hunter is adept at turning complex requirements into robust, maintainable services and has a track record of improving operational reliability in both defense and cloud-scale settings.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of Central Florida