Hayden Mcfarland
FVP Application Development Software Architect
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolHayden Mcfarland is an experienced software architect and engineering leader with 11 years building production-grade web applications in financial services. At PennyMac he has progressed from developer to FVP of Application Development, architecting external-facing APIs and leading microservice initiatives using Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, and AWS. He combines hands-on implementation—CI/CD, diagnostic aggregation across load-balanced EC2s, and robust test suites—with cross-functional requirement engineering and team mentorship. Known for turning complex business requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions, he frequently bridges product and engineering to deliver reliable systems at scale. Based in Los Angeles, he pairs a UC Irvine CS background with practical experience in extreme programming and dual-repo deployment strategies. An operator who still ships code, Hayden brings both strategic architectural vision and day-to-day engineering rigor.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Associate’s Degree, Mathematics and Physics, Associate’s Degree, Mathematics and Physics at Moorpark CollegeUniversity of California, Irvine
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Github Skills (18)
rpg5
user-authentication4
sfml4
database-table4
cpp3
game-development3
opengl3
authentication2
game-engine2
programming-language2
grid2
jwt2
vue2
graphql1
compiler1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
haydenmcfarland/grille
Nov 2019 - Jul 2020
Gem that provides JWT User Authentication and Generalized GraphQL Grid Interface using VueJS
Contributions:52 PRs, 178 pushes, 52 branches in 8 months
authenticationuser-authenticationvuegemgraphql
haydenmcfarland/equestr
Apr 2017 - Mar 2020
Contributions:20 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
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