Hannah Thompson
Senior Frontend Engineer (Foundation)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolHannah Thompson is a Senior Frontend Engineer with nine years of experience specialising in React, TypeScript, GraphQL and full-stack JavaScript, currently advancing platform foundations at Buildkite from Hobart, Tasmania. She brings a rare blend of rigorous scientific training—a PhD in Plant Pathology—and hands-on product engineering, having transitioned from government biosecurity and agricultural science roles into software. Known for curiosity, community-minded technical speaking, and creative engineering, she excels at translating complex domains into intuitive frontend experiences. A Women in Tech scholarship recipient and fast learner, Hannah combines functional programming influences (Relay, Ramda) with practical production delivery across enterprise and developer-focused products.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Plant Pathology/Phytopathology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Plant Pathology/Phytopathology at University of TasmaniaDiploma Software Development, Diploma Software Development at Coder AcademyGraduate Certificate in Public Administration Public Administration, Graduate Certificate in Public Administration Public Administration at University of Canberra
Github Skills (35)
buildkite10
colors9
hydrogen8
accessibility8
oclif8
docker-image7
chrome7
component-library7
react7
partials7
nodejs6
puppeteer6
ui-components6
cli5
salesforce5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
hannahcancode/hannahcancode.github.io
Oct 2016 - Mar 2019
User site
Contributions:2 PRs, 49 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 4 months
advaitju/CFA-Project-Caffeine-Quest
Feb 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:87 pushes, 3 branches in 21 days
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