Jessica Hedges
Engineering Manager, OSS at Anaconda, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJessica Hedges is an engineering manager focused on open-source software with a decade of experience building and leading technical teams. Currently at Anaconda, she blends product-minded leadership with deep software design and management training from Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College. With a dual undergraduate background in computer science and psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, she brings both technical rigor and human-centered team dynamics to complex OSS projects. Jessica is comfortable translating research-grade data tooling into production-ready developer experiences and prioritizes maintainability and community collaboration. She’s based in Pittsburgh and known for balancing hands-on engineering judgment with mentorship that scales teams sustainably. An occasional public-facing speaker, she connects technical strategy to the real needs of data scientists and open-source communities.
10 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree, Information Technology- Software Design and Management, Master’s Degree, Information Technology- Software Design and Management at Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III CollegeBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at University of PittsburghProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
cisagov/pentest-reporting-engine
Sep 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:1 release, 12 commits, 3 PRs in 2 months
JessieHedges/intro_to_sprinting_codeless_project
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
A sample "code-less" project in support of the "Intro to Sprinting" workshop.
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
javaless-codeworkshop
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