Summary
Hawken Rives is a web developer with 14 years of hands-on experience building web systems, tooling, and accessibility-focused interfaces, currently developing web services at St. Olaf College. Comfortable working solo or collaboratively, he has shipped projects ranging from a full online directory rewrite to an automated degree audit built from scratch. He primarily programs in Python and Rust but brings practical fluency in JavaScript, React/React Native, Electron, ColdFusion, Ruby, and shell tooling like GNU Parallel. His background includes campus-wide Mac fleet deployment and semi-automated grading tools, reflecting a knack for operationalizing software to solve real institutional problems. Based in Northfield, MN, he pairs an academic Computer Science and Asian Studies grounding with a persistent curiosity for new languages and assistive-technology design. Off-hours he’s as likely to be found swimming as contributing pragmatic, user-centered improvements to projects.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at St. Olaf College
English, Japanese