Daniel Wagener
Software Engineer II at Slack
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Wagener is a Software Engineer II based in Atlanta with eight years of experience building production web applications across the MERN stack. He has shipped features at large organizations like Walmart Global Tech—where he worked on a federated Apollo GraphQL backend, mentored front-end teams in GraphQL, and led a hackathon-winning prototype—and currently contributes to Slack. Comfortable across front- and back-end concerns, he focuses on React, Redux, Node.js, and performance optimization (once cutting a React load time from minutes to seconds). His background includes migrating legacy AngularJS apps to modern React, implementing secure iframe-based PCI solutions, and contributing to AI-driven features. An early-career teacher who learned to code while living in South Korea, he brings clear communication and practical mentorship to cross-functional teams. Check his portfolio and GitHub for examples of his React-centered work and clean, test-oriented approach.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General, Bachelor's degree, Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General at University of Georgia - Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Github Skills (39)
mongoose10
mern10
expressjs9
redux8
nodejs7
draggable7
drag7
luks7
jonas7
mongodb7
react7
webapp6
web-application6
ubuntu6
sortable5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
DanielJWagener/geckrello
Jan 2020 - Oct 2020
A MERN stack productivity application:
Contributions:274 commits, 5 PRs, 159 pushes in 9 months
reactexpressjsproductivitymernexpress
DanielJWagener/app-academy-exercises
May 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:210 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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