About

Heather Petrow is a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer with over 13 years of relevant experience. Currently, she is working with MetLife Legal Plans as the Principal Software Engineer, where she is responsible for developing and maintaining software systems to support the company's legal plans. Heather has a strong background in software engineering, Ruby, mobile, and backend technologies. Before joining MetLife Legal Plans, Heather worked as a Senior Software Engineer at KeyMe, where she built core APIs and internal admin tools using Ruby on Rails. She also maintained high code standards, productivity, and efficient output as team lead, and coordinated the release and deployment of high-impact projects. Heather improved backend performance and scalability through system monitoring and analysis, refactoring inefficient code, rewriting slow queries, and optimizing database operations. She also published an open-source program to interface with tax service provider API and mentored junior programmers through guided teaching sessions, pair-programming, code reviews, one-on-ones, and general support. Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in Media Arts and Sciences, Computer Science from Wellesley College. She also studied Photography/Art History at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and Spanish Language and Literature at Proyecto Linguistico Quetzalteco de Español. Overall, Heather is a highly skilled software engineer with a strong background in Ruby, mobile, and backend technologies. She has a proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions and mentoring junior programmers. Heather's experience and expertise make her an asset to any organization looking for a talented software engineer.