Renée Hendricksen
Staff Software Engineer at Northwest Independent Ruby Development (NIRD Inc.)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRenée Hendricksen is a staff software engineer and seasoned technical leader with 14 years of experience building data-driven products and developer tools across startups and large enterprises. She blends a strong foundation in computer science, economics, and physics with hands-on expertise in Ruby on Rails, business intelligence, and product strategy, having founded NIRD Inc. and led engineering at companies like Fastly, New Relic, and GitLab. Renée has a track record of stepping into both engineering and executive roles—serving as interim CEO of Travis CI and co-founding Seattle RailsBridge to grow the Ruby community through teaching and curriculum development. Her work spans domains from high-energy physics simulation to financial forecasting and telemetry platforms, making her adept at turning complex data and systems into actionable product outcomes. Known for agile leadership and mentorship, she frequently speaks at Ruby conferences and has a history of cultivating diverse engineering talent. Based in Seattle, she combines entrepreneurial grit with deep technical craftsmanship and a knack for translating domain expertise into practical software solutions.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bergen County AcademiesBS, Computer Science, Economics, Physics, BS, Computer Science, Economics, Physics at University of Puget Sound
Github Skills (20)
java4
ruby4
psych4
libyaml4
ruby-on-rails4
rewrite-rules3
nested-set3
rewrite3
cert3
rails3
rack-middleware2
middleware2
rack2
mod-rewrite2
certificate2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nirds/RubyClass_2Day
Apr 2013 - Sep 2014
Contributions:44 commits in 1 year 4 months
ruby-on-railsruby-on-rails-5railsdayruby
UWE-Ruby/AdvancedSummer2014
Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
Contributions:26 commits in 1 month
ruby-on-railsrailsrubysummeronline-class
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