Derek Hopper is a pragmatic full-stack software engineer with 13 years of industry experience and 8+ years focused on web development, currently contributing at Stripe. He favors the right tool for the job over the trendiest tech, and has a track record of establishing engineering best practices—branching strategies, code review, CI and TDD—that raise team delivery quality. Comfortable wearing many hats, Derek has shipped end-to-end systems from database schemas and APIs to front-end UIs and mobile integrations, and has led small teams as CTO at a startup. A Ruby web engineer at heart who enjoys solving problems, he combines hands-on implementation with strategic planning for long-term product direction. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he brings a practical, integration-minded approach (Stripe, Mailchimp, Twilio, Postmark) and a history of turning complex requirements into maintainable production systems.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at Purdue University
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