Dan Hinze
Full-Stack Software Engineer at New Jersey State Office of Innovation
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolDan Hinze is a front-end–focused full-stack software engineer with 10 years of professional experience and 8+ years designing and building web applications that scale. He’s delivered accessible, high-performance products for government and enterprise — from modernizing VA.gov SSO and APIs used by over a million veterans to leading the front-end architecture of a travel reimbursement tool on the VA platform. Dan combines thoughtful, user-centered problem solving with pragmatic engineering, improving findability and Lighthouse scores dramatically on redesigns and driving omnichannel integration. Comfortable with Rails and React, he bridges backend complexity and polished client experiences while advocating progressive enhancement and measurable UX wins. Based in Minneapolis, he balances code with creative pursuits, often playing piano, saxophone, or guitar for his wife and two dogs. Colleagues would note his curiosity and habit of digging into “why” before shipping.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computational Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computational Physics at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignStudy Abroad, Language & Culture, Study Abroad, Language & Culture at IES Abroad
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (55)
rails10
ruby10
api10
frontend10
testing9
pcloud9
typescript9
gdrive9
portal9
firefox9
vaapi9
chromium8
raycast8
react-component8
chrome8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
hinzed1127/personal-site-v2
Feb 2022 - Jun 2026
Contributions:5 PRs, 54 pushes, 9 branches in 4 years 4 months
hinzed1127/dot-files-old
Dec 2018 - Mar 2026
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 7 years 4 months
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