Summary
Eric Hanken is a Senior Systems Architect with a decade of software engineering experience and an electrical engineering background from Hofstra University. Based in Texas, he has advanced C++, Python, Ruby on Rails, and JavaScript skills and currently leads systems architecture at Powur after nearly nine years developing software at EyeCue Lab. He co-founded Sketchball LLC, where he designed matchmaking and ranking algorithms, built in-game XMPP chat, and ran end-to-end product development and UX testing, showing a blend of algorithmic thinking and product instincts. His experience ranges from hands-on full-stack development to UI/UX, project roadmapping, and production set work—an uncommon mix that sharpens both technical execution and practical problem-solving. Known for shipping pragmatic systems and improving user matchmaking and engagement, he brings entrepreneurial grit and cross-disciplinary craftsmanship to architecting reliable, user-focused platforms.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Hofstra University