Jem Hilton
VP Of Engineering at DRINKS
Tacoma, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJem Hilton is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13 years of experience who currently serves as VP of Engineering at DRINKS, after leading engineering teams as Director at Hone and dutchie. Transitioning from an academic background in philosophy to hands-on engineering, Jem blends rigorous critical thinking with practical delivery, having progressed from Rails apprentice to team lead and manager across consumer tech and ad integrations. He has shipped web and mobile products in healthcare research, food tech, and cannabis retail, and is comfortable bridging product, data, and third-party integrations. Known as a "recovering academic," he brings a unique emphasis on ethics and clear reasoning to team culture and decision making. Based in Tacoma, Washington, Jem is skilled at scaling teams and systems while retaining developer-first practices and technical mentorship.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MA Philosophy, MA Philosophy at University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeRuby on Rails, Ruby on Rails at Starter LeagueBachelor of Arts (BA) Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Philosophy at Northeastern Illinois University
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Github Skills (14)
markov9
sinatra8
heroku7
git6
foreign-keys6
rails-admin6
slack6
postgresql6
github6
ruby6
command-line5
wordpress1
neovim1
linter1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Tag0Mag0/Chess
Jun 2013 - Aug 2019
Command-line chess application written in Ruby
Contributions:36 commits, 42 PRs, 22 pushes in 6 years 3 months
command-lineruby
Tag0Mag0/tag0mag0.github.io
Oct 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:10 PRs, 20 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 1 month
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