Brandon Hawkinson
Co-Founder at Spotlight
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolBrandon Hawkinson is a senior software engineer and startup leader with nine years of experience delivering scalable cloud applications and event-driven architectures in Aerospace and FinTech. Currently splitting time between Netchex as a Senior Software Engineer and Spotlight as Co-Founder, he combines hands-on engineering with product leadership to move complex payments and compliance platforms forward. He partners across Golang, Python, and TypeScript, and is adept at cloud deployments, IaC (Terraform), DevOps practices, and designing robust microservices in AWS. His track record includes reducing operating costs by 66% while rebuilding Sonicbids for greater stability, and leading security-focused features like KYC configurations and secure message signing. A proven mentor, he drives feedback-driven culture and helps teams align engineering with business priorities. He holds a BS in Computer Science from California State University, Fullerton, and is based in Seattle, WA.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School, General Education, 3.45 GPA, High School, General Education, 3.45 GPA at Troy High SchoolBachelor’s in Science, Computer Science, 3.21 GPA, Bachelor’s in Science, Computer Science, 3.21 GPA at California State University, Fullerton
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Github Skills (48)
game-engine10
open-source10
game-development10
multi-platform10
titan9
godot9
golang9
go8
vault8
calypso8
secrets8
interpreter8
programming-language8
text-editor8
hashicorp-vault7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
hawkinsonb/rockpaperscissors-cnn
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:52 commits, 1 PR, 44 pushes in 4 months
Hawkinsonb/IOTA-SeedGen
Dec 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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