Julie Heard
Software Engineer at Engine by Starling
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJulie Heard is a software engineer based in London who transitioned from a decade-plus career in education to build production software, bringing six years of professional experience and a strong foundation in computer science. She has recent hands-on experience maintaining Jenkins plugins and contributing to CloudBees CI, and now continues that work at Engine by Starling. Her background as a head of department and exam moderator gives her exceptional skills in documentation, curriculum-style technical training, and translating complex requirements into teachable, maintainable solutions. Julie combines classroom-honed communication and mentoring with practical DevOps and CI expertise, making her adept at onboarding teams and improving developer workflows. An educator-turned-developer, she uniquely blends pedagogy and engineering to create reliable tooling and clear technical guidance.
6 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
The King John SchoolPGCE, ICT, PGCE, PGCE, ICT, PGCE at Canterbury Christ Church UniversityBSc Computer Science, Computer Science, BSc Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Kent
Github Skills (102)
jenkins-api-plugin10
automation10
junit10
jenkins-plugin10
test-results10
continuous-testing10
continuous-delivery10
continuous-deployment10
continuous-integration10
groovy10
cicd10
java10
static-site10
documentation10
awestruct10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
julieheard/acceptance-test-harness
Apr 2023 - Sep 2023
Acceptance tests cases for Jenkins and its plugins based on selenium and docker.
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 22 pushes in 5 months
julieheard/OnboardingTask
Sep 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:4 reviews, 31 PRs, 44 pushes in 1 month
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