Paul Heintzelman
Engineering Manager at Climate
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Heintzelman is an Engineering Manager in Bellevue with a decade of experience leading web and cloud engineering teams to deliver reliable, production-grade software. He has progressed from hands-on frontend and backend development to managing and scaling teams—helping transition a 20+ person web organization to SAFe, establishing team practices, and leading a high-priority carbon credits initiative at Climate. Technically grounded, Paul has driven serverless rearchitecture efforts, CI/CD ownership, OAuth2/OpenID security improvements, and built integrations such as an Amazon Echo–Sonos proxy featuring SQS support. He combines strong delivery instincts with mentorship—creating technical lead roles and swarming feature work to unblock teams—while maintaining a pragmatic emphasis on quality, automated tests, and iterative delivery. Paul holds an MS in Computer Science and pairs interdisciplinary thinking (Computer Science and Philosophy) with a track record of turning complex requirements into practical, auditable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, Philosophy, BA, Computer Science, Philosophy at University of VermontMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at University of Delaware
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Github Skills (9)
javascript10
aws10
back-end-development10
sonos-api10
api-design9
restful-api9
rest-api9
nodejs9
api-rest9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rgraciano/echo-sonos
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
Amazon Echo integration with Sonos
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 3 PRs, 69 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Paul significantly contributed to the `echo-sonos` project by implementing new functionalities and enhancing existing features. They added support for various commands, including line-in and playlist functionalities using the Sonos proxy. The user also developed the core components for a Sonos proxy that interacts with the Sonos API, adding features like SQS support. The user also introduced multiple commands to interact with the Sonos API, enhancing the project's overall functionality.
amazon-echoamazonspotifyechosonos
pheintzelman/appily
May 2021 - Nov 2021
Make a web app in minutes not months and live appily ever after!
Contributions:14 reviews, 37 commits, 45 PRs in 5 months
monthswebapplicationeveratsminutes
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