Kyle Heppenstall
Staff Software Engineer Tech Lead at Twilio
Golden, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolKyle Heppenstall is a Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead at Twilio with nine years of experience building scalable APIs and leading cross-functional teams. With a mathematics degree from Dartmouth and a background in education, he blends rigorous analytical thinking with a knack for clear technical mentorship and curriculum-style documentation. His career spans core engineering roles at Twilio SendGrid and TrainHeroic, where he delivered performant RESTful services, reduced latency with caching, and drove production integrations. Prior leadership as an 8th grade math course lead and outdoor program instructor informs his collaborative, risk-aware approach to shipping reliable systems. Based in Golden, Colorado, he’s comfortable translating complex requirements into pragmatic architectures while coaching teams to grow their craft.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics at Dartmouth College
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Github Skills (37)
testing9
react-window9
rspec9
amazon-api-gateway9
amazon-api8
rails8
one-liner8
api-proxy8
aws-parameter-store7
capstone7
parameter-store7
ruby7
midi-controller7
go-api7
api6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kheppenstall/bike-share
Dec 2016 - Dec 2016
Kyle, Drew, and Josh Mod 2 Project
Contributions:92 commits, 42 PRs, 43 pushes in 7 days
modkyle
kheppenstall/pivotal-tracker
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:41 pushes, 13 branches in 3 days
apiruby-gemtrackerrubypivotal
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