Summary
Shane Hanna is a seasoned Head of Technology with 18 years of hands-on experience building web, mobile, desktop and embedded systems across startups and larger enterprises. He co-founded and led core engineering at LIFX, shipping WiFi and mesh IoT products where he spanned cloud, firmware, hardware testing and desktop tools—demonstrating rare full-stack embedded-to-cloud expertise. At Techspace he now combines technical leadership with active development, and previously helped scale REA Group’s platform and introduced Git and Ruby to the stack. His career shows a pattern of shipping product-focused infrastructure quickly and autonomously, from crowdfunding-era startups to high-growth consumer platforms. Comfortable in C, C++, Ruby, Go and multiple scripting languages, he often architects cross-domain solutions (network protocols, HALs, cloud brokers) rather than only managing teams. Based in England, he brings entrepreneurial pragmatism and deep systems knowledge to solve end-to-end engineering challenges.
18 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer