Paul Heggeseth
Software Engineer at LaunchDarkly
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Heggeseth is a frontend-focused software engineer with eight years of experience building scalable web applications, currently shaping advanced React-based experiences at LaunchDarkly. He leads development of core feature-flagging workflows—shipping inboxes, dynamic workflow builders, templates, and global approval dashboards—while partnering closely with product and design. Paul champions modern, composable state management and data-loading patterns (hooks, React Query, Remix-inspired ideas) and is exploring performant SPA and emerging reactive frameworks like SolidJS and Qwik. He has a track record of revitalizing legacy frontends and creating design systems from his time at Planview, where he established state patterns and migrated large codebases to React. A mentor and cross-team collaborator, he blends disciplined engineering with an emphasis on accessibility and scalable testing practices. Trained originally as a musician, he brings a disciplined, creative approach to product-facing UI problems and technical collaboration.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Music, Trumpet Performance, Bachelor of Music, Trumpet Performance at St. Olaf CollegeMaster of Music, Trumpet Performance, Master of Music, Trumpet Performance at San Francisco Conservatory of MusicFull Stack Software Engineering Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Software Engineering Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Prime Digital Academy
Github Skills (21)
launchdarkly10
accessibility9
react8
component-library8
design-tokens8
drag-and-drop7
rocket7
grid7
layout7
layout-engine6
breakpoints6
grid-layout6
bin-packing6
typescript6
grid-system6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pheggeseth/solid-ui
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:159 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
pheggeseth/pheggeseth.github.io
Jan 2018 - Apr 2022
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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