# Astrid Hecht > Software Engineering and Process @ Alloy Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/astrid Former researcher and LGBTQ+ support specialist turned software/support engineer and startup founder comfortable on both sides of the stack. Fueled by intense curiosity, a desire to help people, and an appetite for cracking problems with innovative solutions. Skilled at identifying efficiencies with a focus on building for scale. A critical thinker adept at quickly identifying the source of problems and offering solutions. Unafraid to take a risk in pursuit of growth and then improving through iteration. 8+ years of OOP experience begun with robotics and DIY automation. Deeply invested in the health and wellbeing of marginalized communities, and always striving to foster education, growth, and intersectionality wherever possible. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer - Triage @ Alloy Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Senior Technical Support Engineer II @ Alloy Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 ### Senior Technical Support Engineer I @ Alloy Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | New York, United States ### Technical Support Engineer I @ Alloy Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Denver, Colorado, United States ### Lead Software Engineer and Founder @ Lampblack Jan 2022 – Present | Denver, Colorado, United States - Spearheaded development of a full-stack SaaS app designed to streamline a $3B+ industry - Collaborated with & mentored by industry executives & senior devs - Explored a range of iterations, experimenting with architectures (monolithic, service oriented), languages/frameworks (Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, Javascript/React), and other technologies (AWS, Redis, Docker, Tailwind, etc.) ### Contributing Software Engineer - Spoke @ MoveOn Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Boulder, Colorado, United States -Volunteered for the open-source, peer-to-peer, progressive campaign and text-bank app Spoke -Utilized JavaScript & React to build an optimized mobile interface, increasing texter efficiency by 50% ### Founder, Developer, and Client Support Specialist @ genderful Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 Founded & built a web service that provided complimentary guidance & resources to new members of the trans community, as well as dedicated & flexible personal sessions for clients wanting in-depth consultation Maintained strong connections with clients, resulting in referral & satisfaction rates of 75% & 95% ### Freelance Web Developer @ Unknown Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 - Self-taught basic web development skills and successfully deployed 5+ commissioned sites/apps - Transformed client requirements into responsive web applications with RoR, Django, React - Tailored applications to meet client vision, resulting in a 100% satisfaction rate ### Environmental Center Associate @ University of Colorado Boulder Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Boulder, Colorado, United States -Successfully created and executed sustainability plans for campus events, reducing waste and cleanup costs -Worked with a team to develop and implement complex procedures that ensured the campus remained zero waste, earning >$10,000 by selling reclaimed recyclable materials -Tracked sustainability around campus using a variety of data sources to monitor success of eco-initiatives, providing insight into possible improvements to further reduce overhead and maintenance costs -Improved and maintained an existing recycling workflow for football games, helping CU win 1st place in the 2018 Pac 12 Zero Waste Challenge with a 92% diversion rate ### Paleoclimatology Researcher - INSTAAR @ University of Colorado Boulder Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 -Analyzed biochemistry of 200+ ancient arctic lake-bed sediments in order to reconstruct the surrounding paleoclimate, allowing insight into the end-of-Pleistocene warming and subsequent ecological changes -Prepared, packaged, extracted, and isolated samples for analysis. Upheld procedure and data integrity, maintained a safe lab environment, and responsibly handed hazardous materials. ## Education ### Back End Software Engineering in Backend, Frontend, Full-stack Engineering, Databases, Object Oriented Languages, Algorithms, APIs Turing School of Software & Design Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Astronomy in Geology, and MCDB (Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology) University of Colorado Boulder Jan 2016 – Jan 2022 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/astrid-hecht --- Source: https://flows.cv/astrid JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/astrid/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29