Bjorn Hansen
Head Of Software at City Detect
Town of New Paltz, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBjorn Hansen is a seasoned software leader and builder with 10 years of experience shaping product and engineering strategy for mission-driven startups. As a cofounder of an edtech startup, he engineered a bespoke JavaScript engine and helped scale a coding education platform used by over 15,000 students, marrying deep technical craft with measurable social impact. At City Detect he’s driven full-stack delivery—from AWS infrastructure and data pipelines to React front-ends and AI labeling systems—while leading security and SOC 2 readiness as Head of Software. He excels at assembling the right teams and processes to move complex systems from prototype to production, and brings a hands-on mentality even in leadership roles. Based in New Paltz, NY, he pairs practical product focus with a knack for building systems that make cities cleaner and safer.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at Lewis and Clark College
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (125)
azure-functions10
prosemirror10
wysiwyg10
coder10
serverless10
clipboard10
javascript10
vscode-plugin10
editor10
web-developer10
js10
editorjs10
artificial-intelligence10
rich-text10
aws-lambda10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bjornhansen/personal-website
May 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:4 pushes in 1 year 10 months
bjornhansen/Best-websites-a-programmer-should-visit
Jun 2017 - Sep 2018
:link: Some useful websites for programmers.
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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