Brian Hayward is a software engineer based in Seattle with 13 years of technical experience and five years in professional engineering roles spanning startups and large enterprises. He currently builds products at Ookla and has prior experience as a senior iOS developer at Alaska Airlines, where he delivered iPad apps and Azure-backed microservices integrating with Sabre. Comfortable wearing multiple hats, he has led mobile development, prototyped cross-platform web apps, and even built sensor-driven fall-detection algorithms—skills born from hands-on startup roles that included marketing and customer support. His background in testing and multiplayer lab work early in his career adds practical quality-engineering instincts to his development practice. Brian combines cross-team coordination learned in corporate environments with a maker’s curiosity for prototyping and computer vision, making him effective at turning ambiguous problems into production-ready solutions.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (AS), Computer Science, 3.56, Associate of Science (AS), Computer Science, 3.56 at Cascadia Community College
Bachelor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, 3.33, Bachelor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, 3.33 at University of Washington Bothell
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