Kenneth Bakke
Senior Software Engineer at Symetra
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKenneth Bakke is a Senior Software Engineer in Seattle with six years of experience building full-stack web applications and services, currently developing software at Symetra. A Hack Reactor graduate, he blends modern JavaScript front-ends (React) with Node.js and Python back ends, and is comfortable across SQL and NoSQL databases, real-time/socket systems, and AWS deployments. He practices TDD and has hands-on experience scaling real-time features—connecting multiple Socket.io instances to P5.js canvases and supporting concurrent games with Redis-backed sessions. Kenneth also brings a non-traditional background in professional kitchens and catering management, which informs his collaborative, deadline-driven approach and pragmatic problem-solving. Quick to prototype, he has built full API+frontend+DB applications in under 48 hours, demonstrating speed without sacrificing engineering rigor.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack ReactorAssociate's degree, Culinary Management, Associate's degree, Culinary Management at Oregon Culinary InstituteM001: MongoDB Basics, M001: MongoDB Basics at MongoDB University
Github Skills (4)
css6
react6
frontend5
javascript5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SleekSlinks/Sleek-Slinks-Fashion
Dec 2021 - Jun 2022
Front End Project
Contributions:45 reviews, 57 PRs, 41 pushes in 5 months
reactcssjavascriptfront-end-projectfrontend
kenneth-bakke/Sleek-Slinks-Fashion
Dec 2021 - May 2022
Front End Capstone
Contributions:94 pushes, 10 branches in 5 months
capstonecssjavascriptfrontendfront-end
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