Jackson Hardaker
Founding Engineer at bitdrift
City of Beacon, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJackson Hardaker is a founding software engineer based in Beacon, NY, with a decade of frontend-first experience delivering scalable web applications and design systems. At Tuft & Needle, he introduced TypeScript, built a multi-brand design system, moved to an nx-powered monorepo for multi-tenant architectures, and automated product page creation across multiple sites, while optimizing checkout performance and deployment workflows. He previously led frontend initiatives at Lyft as a Staff Frontend Engineer and held senior roles at Tuft & Needle, focusing on QA-driven tooling, scalable patterns, and rapid feature delivery. A New Zealand-born jazz trombonist and composer, he brings creative collaboration, discipline, and a mentor’s spirit to engineering, always aiming to leave code and teams better than he found them. He earned computer science studies at the University of Canterbury and a master’s in music from Queens College, underscoring a rare blend of analytical rigor and artistic craft.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Music, Master’s Degree Music at Queens College
English
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Github Skills (42)
javascript10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
nextjs10
browser10
airtable10
reactjs10
compiler10
whiteboard10
react10
hybrid10
wai-aria9
storybook9
ui-components9
visualization9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jacksonhardaker/next.js
Aug 2020 - Jun 2022
The React Framework
Contributions:24 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
reactjavascriptframeworkstorybookreact-framework
jacksonhardaker/renovation
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:115 commits, 82 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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