Erik Hellenbrand
Engineering Manager at Kindred
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolErik Hellenbrand is an engineering manager with 11 years of experience building high-performance web products and leading cross-functional teams, currently driving AI-powered product development at Kindred from Los Angeles. He scaled Tinder’s web and PWA efforts from a small team to a cross-company platform, championing performance optimizations (SSR, service workers, code-splitting), CI/CD improvements, and accessibility initiatives that supported millions of users. Erik blends hands-on full‑stack experience with a talent for culture and process—establishing guilds, mentoring engineers into leadership, and aligning engineering work with product, design, and legal needs. His background in neurobiology and early QA/research roles gives him unusual strength in user-focused decision making and root-cause analysis.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Neurobiology, Bachelor of Science (BS) Neurobiology at University of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of California, Los Angeles
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Github Skills (6)
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Github contributions (5)
Slvstr/Spankify
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:31 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
tinder-achan/bacon-and-eggs
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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