Summary
Danny Yates is a web developer based in Austin, Texas with nine years of customer-facing and management experience and eight years of hands-on development practice. He moved from managing high-volume restaurant operations into full-stack development after completing a 450+ hour immersive program at UT Austin, bringing strong operational discipline to engineering work. At KUKUI he builds web experiences while previously mentoring learners as a Learning Assistant, troubleshooting code and keeping curricula aligned with current front-end standards. His background in operations and POS/systems integration gives him a practical edge in shipping reliable, user-focused features and debugging complex integrations. Comfortable across JavaScript, React, Node.js, databases and APIs, he pairs front-end passion with backend fluency. Known for translating customer needs into maintainable systems, he combines real-world business acumen with a developer’s attention to detail.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Full-Stack Developer, Full-Stack Developer at The University of Texas at Austin
Business Administration and Management, General, Business Administration and Management, General at Louisiana State University-Alexandria