Barrett Hafner is a seasoned engineering leader based in Portland, Oregon, with a decade of experience building human-centered, high-trust teams and shipping consumer- and healthcare-facing products. Currently VP of Engineering at Avant Health after serving as Head of Engineering there, he combines hands-on full-stack expertise with strategic delivery—having led illness-forecasting and public-health initiatives that served millions of users and Fortune 150 customers. Barrett has moved between hands-on roles and management at companies like Kinsa and Vacasa, delivering critical systems from React/NextJS front ends to infrastructure and automated testing that sped onboarding and improved reliability. He’s a creative problem solver and continuous learner with a physics, math, and CS background who also brings entrepreneurial grit from running his own contracting practice and shipping impactful civic and nonprofit projects.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Physics Mathematics Computer Science, B.S. Physics Mathematics Computer Science at University of Oregon
Web Development Bootcamp Full Stack Engineering, Web Development Bootcamp Full Stack Engineering at Thinkful
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Barrett Hafner - VP Of Engineering at Avant Health