James Hankin
Staff Software Engineer at Fanatical / Fandom
Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Hankin is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of web industry experience, blending a strong background in UX/UI design with full-stack JavaScript and Ruby on Rails development. Based in Wolverhampton, he has progressed from web designer to engineering lead at Fanatical/Fandom, shipping responsive, user-centered eCommerce and platform projects using MEAN, Rails, and PostgreSQL. He pairs meticulous design process—wireframes, mockups and brand-consistent interfaces—with hands-on front- and back-end implementation, automated testing and deployment. Ambitious and creative, he’s kept hobby projects to sharpen skills and prefers collaborative teams that translate clear UX into robust production code. An unusual strength is his dual fluency in visual design tools and backend systems, enabling faster iteration between concept and implementation.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Codsall Community High School & Sixth FormDigital Media BA (Hons) Animation First Class with Professional Placement Animation, Digital Media BA (Hons) Animation First Class with Professional Placement Animation at University of Wolverhampton
Github Skills (6)
active9
css6
javascript5
mongoose5
mongodb4
nodejs3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
JJHankin/MeanSocial
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:22 commits, 8 PRs, 20 pushes in 14 days
nodejsexpressmongodbmongoose
JJHankin/csv-parse
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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