Terry Hayes
Director, Software Engineering, Payments at Bonterra
City of Ithaca, New York, United States
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Top SchoolTerry Hayes is a payments-focused software engineering leader with 10 years of experience building and scaling web platforms, currently directing Payments Engineering at Bonterra in Ithaca, NY. He designs centralized, resilient payments infrastructure (notably integrating Stripe Connect) to unify complex legacy products while meeting strict zero-downtime and scalability requirements. Previously he progressed through frontline frontend and engineering management roles at GiveGab, giving him a strong product-oriented perspective across UI and backend systems. Terry made a deliberate career pivot from PR and finance into full‑stack development via an intensive Thinkful program, blending strong communication skills with technical leadership. He is pragmatic about integrating legacy constraints into modern architectures and excels at translating cross-functional business needs into reliable payment systems.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. in Business Administration; B.A. in Communication Studies Marketing Public Relations Information Technology, B.S. in Business Administration; B.A. in Communication Studies Marketing Public Relations Information Technology at University of North Carolina WilmingtonFull Stack JavaScript Development, Full Stack JavaScript Development at Thinkful
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Github contributions (5)
TCHayes/best-card-v2
Mar 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:148 commits, 51 pushes, 7 branches in 7 months
TCHayes/portfolio
Apr 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:59 pushes, 8 branches, 2 issues in 2 years 4 months
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