Jennifer Hansen
Full Stack Engineer at SimplePractice
Redondo Beach, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJennifer Hansen is a Full Stack Engineer with nine years of experience who blends a physics background and classroom teaching instincts into pragmatic, user-focused web development. Now at SimplePractice, she brings expertise in Ruby on Rails and JavaScript, a talent for clear technical communication, and a proven ability to coach and scale learning—skills honed as a lead instructor at Flatiron School. Her career began in education, where she taught AP Physics, programmed robotics, and led a FIRST Robotics team to top finishes, reflecting a knack for turning complex concepts into tangible results. Jennifer is energized by mentoring others and improving developer workflows, often contributing to curriculum and open-source teaching materials to make engineering more accessible.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development with React, Full Stack Web Development with React at Flatiron SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Double Major in Physics and Secondary Education, Bachelor of Science (BS), Double Major in Physics and Secondary Education at Vanderbilt University
Github Skills (18)
omniauth8
hotel-booking7
rack-middleware7
authentication7
ruby-on-rails5
ruby5
youtube5
rails4
scrape3
javascript2
environmental2
cli-app1
nokogiri1
backend1
transparency1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
hansenjl/circuit-builder-client
Sep 2017 - Sep 2020
The circuit builder application is still in the process of being created. Here is a link to the backend: https://github.com/hansenjl/circuit-builder-api
Contributions:2 PRs, 44 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years
apidjangocircuitbuilderapplication-builder
hansenjl/hansenjl.github.io
May 2017 - Oct 2020
Contributions:4 PRs, 29 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 5 months
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