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
React
TypeScript
Java
Angular
Vue
Playwright
TailwindCSS
Node.js
Express
Docker
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, design reviews, and product discovery with cross-functional teams
  • Led development of major new features, making independent design and technical decisions while guiding junior engineers to project goals
  • Delivered presentations on best practices and new technologies while working continuously to improve developer experience through documentation, tooling, and integration pipelines

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 services using Java + Spring
  • 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

Apprentice Software Developer

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