Dan Hey
Lead Software Engineer at Capital One
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Hey is a Lead Software Engineer based in Chicago with a decade of experience building and shipping web applications across finance, e-commerce, legal tech, and nonprofit sectors. He progressed from hands-on developer roles to technical leadership at Groupon and Capital One, owning critical services like consumer-facing layout, search, and navigation that improved site performance and UX. Dan blends a creative background in graphical arts and animation with pragmatic engineering—mentoring apprentices and running bootcamp teams to production-grade deployments. His prior experience as a litigation paralegal informs a detail-oriented, process-driven approach to automation and compliance in software. He is passionate about continuous learning and thrives on turning complex product and design requirements into maintainable, high-impact systems.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Graphical Arts and Animation, Bachelor’s Degree Graphical Arts and Animation at DePaul UniversityFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at Anyone Can Learn to Code
Github Skills (11)
office-js9
apply7
npm-package7
cdn6
npm6
web-application6
react6
firebase5
javascript5
cli4
microsoft4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
heydanhey/social-app
Feb 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 146 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 5 months
social-networkweb-applicationnodejssocial-mediareactjs
the-difference-engine/lucha-app
Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:203 commits, 146 PRs, 135 pushes in 5 months
reactaffordablechicagoweb-applicationapply
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