Summary
Tanner Hesterman is a Senior Software Engineer with five years of cross-disciplinary experience turning product visions into scalable, customer-focused web and cloud solutions. He builds full-stack applications using JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, Express, and SQL, and has practical cloud infrastructure experience with Terraform and AWS services like Lambda, API Gateway, S3, and DynamoDB. At PassiveLogic he automated provisioning and digital twin workflows that saved extensive staff time and streamlined developer environments, and he’s continued delivering product-first engineering as a freelancer and in open-source projects. His background in mechanical engineering and embedded systems gives him a practical, systems-level perspective that helps bridge hardware, device firmware, and web platforms. Based in Salt Lake City, he combines hands-on implementation with tooling and automation that accelerate teams and reduce operational friction.
5 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Residency for Software Engineering, Advanced Residency for Software Engineering at Codesmith
The University of Utah
Spanish, English