Pamela Bortnick
Senior Web Engineer I at HashiCorp
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPamela Bortnick is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building full-stack web and mobile applications, currently based in New Jersey and working at IBM. She has a strong track record at HashiCorp where she progressed through multiple web engineering roles and contributed front-end improvements to high-profile open-source projects like HashiCorp’s Packer website. Pamela combines a designer’s attention to detail with backend chops—having built APIs for real-time MLS data and implemented performance-focused sites with Gatsby, Contentful, and ElasticSearch. Her strengths lie in visualizing complex systems end-to-end to deliver elegant, user-centered solutions and measurable performance gains. Comfortable in both startup and enterprise contexts, she also coaches and mentors, drawing on prior experience teaching web development and troubleshooting across teams. Always focused on user experience, she pairs creative problem-solving with disciplined engineering practices to ship polished products.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Watson - Bioengineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Watson - Bioengineering at Binghamton UniversityFront End Web Development with React, Front End Web Development with React at Flatiron School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
react9
website-development9
html8
ui-design8
graphical-user-interface7
nextjs7
user-interface7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
hashicorp/packer
Sep 2021 - Mar 2022
Packer is a tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 20 commits, 3 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Pamela primarily focused on modifying the website's frontend components. They implemented an alert banner feature, updated the hero section's call-to-action, and modified a JavaScript file. The user also added an expiration date for the alert banner, showing an understanding of component lifecycle and user experience considerations.
vagrantplatformslinuxpackerdocker
pbortnick/thedecastros
Aug 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 55 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
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