Ruth聽Hatch
Senior Software Engineer at Veracode
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRuth Hatch is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications and scripting practical data solutions. At Veracode she progressed from dynamic scan operator to senior engineer, bringing product-focused rigor to security-conscious development. An active open-source contributor to Dreamwidth, she cleared a 200+ theme backlog, modernized legacy comment pages, and is building a multifaceted search to make hundreds of themes discoverable. Ruth pairs front-end polish with backend pragmatism鈥攖eaching herself SQL to automate pricing updates at an ecommerce employer and improving image upload and controller systems in the Dreamwidth repo. She holds a recent B.A. in Computer Science from UMass Boston on top of earlier biology and biotech studies, which gives her a unique cross-disciplinary perspective suited to bioinformatics and data-heavy roles. Colleagues describe her as a fast learner who favors elegant, efficient solutions informed by both engineering and practical real-world constraints.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)B.Sc, Biology; English Literature, B.Sc, Biology; English Literature at University of British Columbia, Class of 2010Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Boston
Github Skills (7)
perl10
template-toolkit10
javascript8
css8
html8
apidoc7
api7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dreamwidth/dreamwidth
Jun 2016 - Sep 2020
Dreamwidth's open source repository
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 54 PRs, 96 comments in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Ruth primarily contributed to front-end and back-end development within the Dreamwidth repository, specifically focusing on implementing new styles and features. Their work included adding new layouts and color themes, as well as converting legacy components to newer frameworks like Foundation. They also made significant improvements to the image uploader and management system, and refactored and updated various controller pages.
perldreamwidth
rshatch/dw-nonfree
Dec 2016 - Apr 2021
The unlicensed portion of Dreamwidth's code.
Contributions:15 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years 4 months
unlicenseddreamwidth
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