Julie Hill

Web Frontend Engineer with an eye for detail and proven experience across a range of technologies at enterprises big and small. Dedicated to quality code and polished experiences for users and developers alike
Svelte
TypeScript
Java
React
Angular
Vue
Playwright
TailwindCSS
Sass/SCSS
Node.js
TurboRepo
Express
Redux
SQL
JavaFX
Spring
Cypress
Docker
Jenkins
Python

Professional Experience

Tastytrade

Web Frontend Engineer

July 2022 - Present

  • Using primarily Svelte and SvelteKit, built a suite of web applications facilitating an end-to-end financial trading platform, from account creation and management to real-time tracking and trading of stocks, bonds, options, and crypto
  • Implemented integrations with third party applications, libraries, and APIs, as well as white-labelling Tastytrade products for consumption by other corporate brands and external partners
  • Participated in project planning, story writing, prioritization, and ticket sizing meetings with project managers and senior staff
  • Wrote extensive unit and integration tests using Vitest and Playwright, with validated code deployed via GitHub Actions
  • Delivered presentations and documentation on best practices and new technologies

Union Pacific

Associate Senior Application Developer

April 2021-July 2022

  • Engaged directly with customers, business partners, and UI/UX designers to build excellent customer experiences
  • Developed new applications through all stages of the software development lifecycle, from planning through to maintenance
  • Worked with a team of developers to improve and maintain existing services as well as add new functionality to complex business applications hosted on private cloud resources
  • Built and deployed REST and JMS microservices using Java+Spring following a Service Oriented Architecture
  • Built front end applications in TypeScript with the Angular framework, the Angular Material component library, and UP’s custom UI component library
  • Set up and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines

Techtonic

Software Developemnt Apprentice

October 2020 - April 2021

  • Completed the Department of Labor-accredited Techtonic Academy software development apprenticeship program
  • Spent three months in full-time, hands-on classes covering full stack development using React, Java+Spring, and MySQL
  • Worked full-time for three months as a full stack developer for Techtonic using Vue, Express, and PostgreSQL