Summary
Julie Mcbride is a Web Platform Developer with nine years of professional experience building front-end and full-stack web solutions, currently contributing to Harvard's Web Publishing engineering team in Cambridge. She specializes in Drupal and WordPress platform work, developing design system UI components, writing end-to-end tests, and automating large-scale site administration like Google Analytics and Tag Manager setup. Previously a senior frontend developer at ERG, she built data-driven visualizations and calculator web apps for U.S. government clients, emphasizing accessibility, responsiveness, and standards-compliant code. Her background blends hands-on implementation with operational automation and migration support, making her adept at both feature delivery and maintenance at scale. Trained through Frontend Masters and Harvard Extension School and grounded by a BFA in Visual Arts, she brings a designer’s eye to engineering problems. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic problem-solver who turns repetitive tasks into reliable scripts so teams can focus on impact.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Visual Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Visual Arts at University of Hartford
Richmond American University London
Nazareth University
Frontend and full stack software engineering courses, Frontend and full stack software engineering courses at Frontend Masters
Computer science and web development courses, Computer science and web development courses at Harvard Extension School