Joseph Heck
Content Engineer, Swift at Apple
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJoseph Heck is a seasoned software engineer and engineering leader with 17 years of experience building and operating everything from Swift mobile apps to cloud-hosted distributed systems. Currently a Content Engineer for Swift at Apple, he combines hands-on development, technical writing, and test automation expertise—having contributed QA and CI improvements to high-profile open source projects like Swift Package Manager and OpenStack. He has founded and led startups as well as directed engineering and operations at large enterprises, consistently implementing CI/CD and robust deployment processes. Joe is an active open source collaborator and technical author who translates complex platform concepts into practical docs and tutorials, with a long-running personal technical site. Beyond leadership, he remains deeply technical—writing tests, fixing build automation, and shipping SwiftUI samples—bridging product, infrastructure, and developer experience.
17 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
University of Missouri
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (55)
git10
userscripts10
ios10
test-driven-design10
python10
scripting10
sphinx10
testing10
bash10
swiftui-app10
cicd10
automation10
script10
combine10
openstack10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
heckj/swiftui-notes
Jun 2019 - Sep 2022
content for Using Combine - notes on learning Combine with UIKit and SwiftUI
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 612 commits, 243 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily contributed to the development of the iOS application within the repository. Their commits included the addition of a sample project from a SwiftUI tutorial, the creation of new Swift files, and the modification of existing files such as `SceneDelegate.swift`, `ContentView.swift`, and various test files, showcasing their ability to create, modify, and maintain SwiftUI-based applications. They also incorporated various enhancements, including adding an iOS playground for experimentation and fixing the display of the Github link, further demonstrating their focus on improving the app and the development process.
notescombineswiftcombine-frameworkios
RackHD/RackHD
Nov 2015 - Dec 2016
RackHD™ provides hardware management and orchestration services
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:115 commits, 78 PRs, 157 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Joseph's contributions focused on automating and extending the build and deployment processes within the RackHD repository. They added and updated scripts for installing dependencies, generating documentation, and resetting submodules. The user also addressed a packer build hang issue by modifying service shutdown procedures. Further work included adding supporting submodules to various install scripts, demonstrating a focus on infrastructure management.
orchestrationservesipmirackhdhardware
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