Stefan Hayden
Senior Software Engineer at dbt Labs
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolStefan Hayden is a Senior Software Engineer with 14+ years building production-facing front-end and semi-fullstack applications for startups and scale-ups, currently shaping a web-based IDE at dbt Labs. He combines a strong UI and UX design background (BFA in Graphic Design) with pragmatic, metrics-driven development—frequently pairing agile iteration and A/B testing to move real business metrics. Stefan’s hands-on contributions to projects like fabric.js and Shutterstock’s online design tool show deep expertise with canvas APIs, object manipulation, and complex client-side rendering. A self-taught coder who often fills gaps between design, product, and engineering, he excels at shipping practical solutions and modernizing codebases with GraphQL and shared components. Based in New Jersey, he looks for teams intent on long-term product craftsmanship and measurable impact.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BFA, Graphic Design, BFA, Graphic Design at The College of New Jersey
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
lib10
canvas10
css10
object-oriented-programming10
ui-design10
uid10
svg10
front-end-development10
react10
html5-canvas9
forms9
html9
react-redux8
grouping6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
StateVoicesNational/Spoke
Dec 2020 - Nov 2021
mass-contact text/SMS distribution tool
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 290 commits, 10 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Stefan primarily focused on front-end development tasks, specifically addressing UI issues in the `spoke` repository. They implemented CSS fixes to align navigation elements and also updated and corrected issues related to form fields within the codebase. The user made other updates that showed they were working on forms and other UI elements.
marketing-toolsreactthinkytwiliorethinkdb
fabricjs/fabric.js
Oct 2016 - Feb 2019
Javascript Canvas Library, SVG-to-Canvas (& canvas-to-SVG) Parser
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 18 PRs, 20 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Stefan primarily contributed to the fabric.js library by implementing new features and fixing bugs related to object manipulation and canvas interaction. They added object properties for snapping during rotation, implemented a mouse over event on canvas entry, and fixed issues with object stacking and group functionalities. The user also updated the parser, and added the "paintFirst" property to control the order of stroke and fill rendering, enhancing the rendering capabilities and object behavior of the library.
node-canvassvgsvg-librarycanvasjavascript
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