Derek Hamilton
Manager, Software Development at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Hamilton is a seasoned software leader with a decade of experience building and managing engineering teams across enterprise and cloud platforms. Currently a Manager of Software Development at AWS, he previously led R&D efforts at Cvent to create a modern frontend framework and a company-wide design system combining React, GraphQL, and automated AWS deployments. Comfortable bridging product requirements, enterprise architecture, and hands-on engineering, he brings strong skills in SQL, requirements analysis, Agile, and delivery-focused project management. His career progression from consultant and senior developer roles to director and principal engineer positions reflects a talent for scaling teams and technical practices in regulated information services environments. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, he blends operational rigor with a developer-first mindset that speeds onboarding and consistency across projects. Colleagues would note his uncommon mix of architecture-level thinking and practical framework-building that accelerates developer productivity.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
California State University, SacramentoUniversity of Virginia
English
Github Skills (33)
testing9
react-native9
javascript9
webpack9
react-select9
vue9
react9
angular9
html8
documentation8
web-components8
tdd8
vite8
typescript8
apollo8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dehamilton/postal-redux-middleware
Feb 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
dehamilton/React-Redux-Project-Template
Feb 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:80 commits, 3 PRs, 68 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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