Thomas Hexton
Software Engineer (Frontend) at Canva
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Hexton is a frontend-focused software engineer based in Sydney with nine years of professional experience and four years in industry roles across consultancy, startups, and scaleups. He specializes in shipping robust, well-tested web and app experiences, collaborating closely with product and UI/UX teams to deliver on-time, high-quality solutions. At Sentia he drove a testing culture and created a Rails 7 base template that standardized new projects, and at Oneflare he helped migrate settings to GraphQL and significantly reduced codebase bloat. Now at Canva, he brings a pragmatic blend of frontend craftsmanship and backend understanding, combined with a hunger for progression and industry best practices. Outside of engineering he has a creative background in photography and design, which informs a strong eye for UX and polish.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
JavaScript Development (Remote), JavaScript Development (Remote) at General Assembly AustraliaBachelor of Communication, Graphic Design, Bachelor of Communication, Graphic Design at Billy Blue College of DesignBachelor of Information Technology, Bachelor of Information Technology at University of WollongongSoftware Engineering Intensive, Software Engineering Intensive at General Assembly SydneyFreelance Website Development (Remote), Freelance Website Development (Remote) at Codecademy
Github Skills (32)
firmware10
usb10
keyboard10
arm10
atmel9
rp20409
phone-number9
parsing9
avr9
orthogonal8
layout8
keyboard-layout8
qmk8
libphonenumber8
rails-gem7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
thomashexton/project0
Apr 2019 - Nov 2022
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
SamSeabourn/PRNKSTR
May 2019 - Mar 2022
Prnkstr
Contributions:4 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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