Andy Hayden
Vice President Of Engineering at HW Media
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAndy Hayden is a seasoned engineering executive and former CTO with 13+ years building cloud-native, data-driven platforms from San Francisco. He combines deep hands-on expertise in Python, Scala and AWS with a mathematician’s rigor—formerly a pandas core contributor and PhD-level researcher in geometry—who drove a 70% server cost reduction through architecture simplification and automation. As VP of Engineering at HW Media (following Altos Research) he focuses on pragmatic stack simplification, ML-informed products, and operational efficiency. An active open-source contributor, his commits span high-profile projects like pandas, Julia and Deno, often improving test coverage, tooling and documentation to raise code quality across ecosystems. Outside engineering he’s a whitewater kayak coach, reflecting a leadership style that blends technical precision with practical coaching and clear communication.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Cambridge Chief Technology Officer Programme, Cambridge Chief Technology Officer Programme at Cambridge Judge Business SchoolUdacityMaster of Mathematics, Mathematics, Master of Mathematics, Mathematics at University of Warwick
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Github Skills (115)
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Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
denoland/deno_docker
Jan 2019 - May 2021
Latest dockerfiles and images for Deno - alpine, centos, debian, ubuntu
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:53 releases, 9 reviews, 187 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Andy primarily focused on enhancing the project's deployment and build processes. Their contributions include automating the build and deployment of Docker images, setting up CI/CD pipelines, and implementing scripts to manage the Deno versioning and deployment to Docker Hub. They also added build files for different operating systems like Amazon Linux and CentOS. The user's work streamlined the development workflow and improved the project's portability.
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denoland/deno
Aug 2018 - Apr 2021
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:6 reviews, 35 commits, 38 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Andy contributed to the Deno runtime project by addressing issues in the build and installation process. They added error messages for missing dependencies, refactored installation scripts, and addressed issues in the HTTP server. The user also made improvements to the testing framework by updating timer tests and ensuring correct error handling. These contributions demonstrate a focus on build automation and the core functionality of the Deno runtime.
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