Summary
Samantha Heck is a pragmatic software engineer with 11 years of experience building full-stack, cloud-native systems and leading teams from discovery through production. She combines hands-on engineering—Java Spring Boot, AWS serverless and EKS, React/Apollo SPAs—with product-minded architecture and stakeholder-facing delivery. Comfortable in both consultancy and product contexts, she has owned integrations with Shopify, automated billing platforms, and multi-service access layers while mentoring junior developers and hiring new talent. Earlier work includes leading game development projects in Unity (Steam releases) and research-driven robotics experiments, reflecting a strong curiosity for algorithms and interactive systems. Based in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area, she’s frequently trusted with complex assignments typically given to senior engineers and enjoys turning messy legacy systems into maintainable, tested solutions.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Idaho
English