Summary
Jake Hawkinson is a senior software engineer with nine years of experience building full-stack web applications, now contributing to The Walt Disney Studios in Los Angeles. He blends a strong computer science foundation from Cal State Fullerton with product design experience from PhD Labs, allowing him to craft user-focused front-ends and robust back-ends. Trained in General Assembly’s intensive Web Development Immersive, he is fluent in JavaScript, Ruby, React, Rails, Node/Express, and databases like PostgreSQL and MongoDB. Known for enjoying complex puzzles, he favors elegant, efficient solutions and brings a designer’s eye to engineering problems. Comfortable in fast-paced environments, he moves between prototyping UX and scaling production systems with equal confidence.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development Immersive, Web Development Immersive at General Assembly
Computer Science, Computer Science at California State University, Fullerton
English