Heather Burns

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Software Engineer at Anchor Finance · CLI design, TypeScript

Anchor Finance
Seattle, WA · PT (UTC-8)
3+ years experience
MIT
English
Open to work
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Overview

Based in Seattle. I work on developer tools at Anchor Finance. Wrote the CLI design service that now handles 23 million requests a day. Cut p99 latency on the developer experience services from 432ms to 46ms. Previously at Microsoft. Most at home with TypeScript and Rust. Former debater; now I argue with spreadsheets.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in developer tools
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Second opinions on compilers decisions
  • Working sessions on CLI design
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  • Unpaid work or spec projects
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Skills
compilersTypeScriptLSPVS Code extensionsRustCLI design
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Software Engineer in e-commerce, Seattle or hybrid

Target roles
Software Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
AI infrastructure, E-commerce
Work mode
Hybrid
Available
30 days notice
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the WA
What I'm looking for
A team that ships weekly and owns developer experience end to end.
Not interested in
Agencies and outsourcing firms

3 years in developer tools. Strongest at CLI design and TypeScript. Serving notice now.

Seattle, WArusttypescriptlsp
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Experience

  1. Software Engineer
    Jun 2025 - Present
    Anchor Finance · 1 yr 4 mo · Contract · Seattle, WA
    • Moved 88% of developer experience traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 33 minutes to under 4.
  2. Software Engineer
    Dec 2023 - Jun 2025
    Microsoft · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Reduced cloud spend on developer experience by 25% in two quarters.
    • Shipped 17 launches on the developer experience team without a rollback.

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Education

  1. MIT
    SB, Computer Science
    2019 - 2023

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