I’ve spent the last three years as a Frontend Engineer at Snap, working on high-scale web features using React and TypeScript. I also built and launched my own full-stack SaaS app called Villa, using Next.js and Firebase. Now I’m excited to bring my frontend speed and product intuition to fast moving projects.

Addy Hebou

I’ve spent the last three years as a Frontend Engineer at Snap, working on high-scale web features using React and TypeScript. I also built and launched my own full-stack SaaS app called Villa, using Next.js and Firebase. Now I’m excited to bring my frontend speed and product intuition to fast moving projects.

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I’ve spent the last three years as a Frontend Engineer at Snap, working on high-scale web features using React and TypeScript. I also built and launched my own full-stack SaaS app called Villa, using Next.js and Firebase. Now I’m excited to bring my frontend speed and product intuition to fast moving projects.

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Work Experience

Founder / Full-Stack Product Engineer at Villa
March 1, 2024 - Present
Led product design and development of Villa, a full-stack app (Next.js + Firebase) that streamlines the creative and administrative processes for music professionals. Led Figma prototyping and early user testing. Designed and launched a legally-compliant split-sheet agreement creator with email-based signature tracking and status updates.
Software Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories
August 1, 2022 - October 7, 2025
Developed and deployed over 200 mission-critical internal web pages using Vue.js, significantly boosting accessibility metrics from 35% to 95% and improving user experience for all personnel. Collaborated with UX/UI teams and product owners to translate complex requirements into intuitive interfaces. Led creation and adoption of a comprehensive UI component library forming the foundation of Sandia's internal design system, increasing development efficiency across multiple teams. Worked closely with UX/UI and product owners to convert requirements into actionable, user-friendly interfaces.
Software Engineer at Snap Inc.
August 1, 2022 - Present
Worked in Agile scrum teams delivering high-quality features for Snapchat Web and Ads Monetization. Implemented a responsive emoji picker for Snapchat Web, created UI flows for browser-level camera and mic permission requests, and contributed to My AI (Snapchat + OpenAI) by authoring shared UI component docs and supporting the internal design system. Led the development and expansion of Snap's internal UI component library, contributed over 10 key components, and conducted regular code reviews to ensure visual consistency and quality across diverse product teams. Authored technical docs to optimize reusable UI components and streamline internal design-system adoption. Implemented internal performance tooling to monitor regressions and AB test metrics, integrating GitHub data to track metrics such as camera load time and startup metrics.
Software Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, Department of Energy
August 1, 2022 - October 7, 2025
Developed and deployed over 200 mission-critical internal web pages using Vue.js, significantly boosting accessibility metrics and user experience for personnel; collaborated with Agile teams and participated in regular stand-ups.
Software Engineer at Snapchat, Snap Inc.
August 1, 2022 - Present
Developed features for Web and Ads Monetization within Agile teams, delivering high-quality, user-focused updates; contributed to UI work, performance improvements, and cross-functional collaboration across Snap's chat and advertising platforms.
Software Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, Department of Energy
August 1, 2022 - October 6, 2025
Developed and deployed over 200 mission-critical internal web pages using Vue.js, significantly boosting accessibility metrics from 35% to 95% and improving user experience for all personnel. Collaborated with Agile teams and product owners to translate complex requirements into intuitive interfaces; led creation and adoption of a comprehensive UI component library, and worked with UX/UI teams to translate requirements into practical UI.
Software Engineer at Snapchat, Snap Inc.
August 1, 2022 - Present
Worked in Agile scrum teams delivering high-quality features for Snapchat Web and Ads Monetization. Built a responsive emoji picker for Snapchat Web chat and UI flows for browser-level camera and microphone permission requests (Safari & Chrome). Contributed to My AI (Snapchat + OpenAI) by authoring shared UI component docs for visual consistency across teams and enabling LaTeX/Markdown support. Led the internal UI component library expansion, contributing 10+ key components and conducting regular code reviews to ensure design consistency. Supported the Falcon front-end performance analytics tool, implementing GitHub integration to pull commit data and track metrics such as camera load time and startup.
Software Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories (Department of Energy)
August 1, 2022 - September 17, 2025
Developed and deployed over 200 mission-critical internal web pages using Vue.js, significantly boosting accessibility metrics from 35% to 95% and improving user experience across personnel. Collaborated with UX/UI and product owners to translate complex requirements into intuitive interfaces. Led creation and adoption of a comprehensive UI component library forming the foundation of Sandia's internal design system, standardizing patterns across teams.
Software Engineer at Snap Inc. (Snapchat)
August 1, 2022 - Present
Worked in Agile Scrum teams delivering high-quality features for Snapchat for Web and Ads Monetization. Built a responsive emoji picker for Snapchat Web chat, designed browser permission flows for camera/mic (Safari & Chrome), contributed to UI components docs and My AI UI integration, and led front-end work expanding Snap’s internal UI component library and design system. Also contributed to Instant Create tooling for SMBs, improving ad creation time and usability, and supported performance analytics tooling; participated in code reviews to maintain visual consistency across teams.
Software Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, Department of Energy
August 1, 2022 - September 17, 2025
Developed and deployed over 200 mission-critical internal webpages using Vue.js, significantly boosting accessibility metrics from 35% to 95% and improving user experience. Spearheaded creation and adoption of a comprehensive UI component library that became the foundation of Sandia's internal design system, increasing development efficiency across teams. Collaborated with UX/UI teams and product owners to translate complex requirements into intuitive, high-performing interfaces.
Software Engineer at Snapchat, Snap Inc.
August 1, 2022 - Present
Worked in Agile scrum teams delivering high-quality features for Snapchat for Web and Ads Monetization. Built a responsive emoji picker for Snapchat Web chat; created UI flows for browser-level camera and mic permission requests (Safari & Chrome); contributed to My AI (Snapchat + OpenAI); authored shared UI component docs and enabled LaTeX/markdown support. Contributed to Ads Monetization by developing Instant Create, a tool to rapidly launch ads using smart templates; improved ad creation time and usability; led development and expansion of Snapchat's internal UI component library and design system; authored technical docs for reusable UI components and ensured visual consistency; performed code reviews. Led front-end work on internal performance analytics tools and integrated with GitHub to pull commit data and track metrics such as camera load time and app startup.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2022
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2022
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2022
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2022
Bachelor of Science at New York University, Tandon School of Engineering
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2022

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Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Government