Casey Hofford

Santa Cruz, CA
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Senior Full Stack Engineer

Full stack engineer with 7 years building production web applications and REST APIs. Expert in React, Next, TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Python, and AWS infrastructure with proven track record delivering feature updates and managing live production systems. Strong UI/UX focus with experience building intuitive admin portals, dashboards, and data management interfaces. Based in Santa Cruz, CA with extensive remote work experience maintaining business-critical applications.

Technical Skills

Frontend Development: Next.js, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Redux, React Router, Tailwind CSS, responsive design, form validation, PDF generation.
Backend & APIs: Ruby on Rails, Python, Django, Node.js, API design, data ingestion pipelines, PostgreSQL, asynchronous job processing.
DevOps: AWS hosting, Vercel, staging/production environments, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, server management, deployment automation.
UI/UX & Features: Admin portals, partner dashboards, search and filtering, data export/import, customizable forms, user-focused design.

Professional Experience

Independent Contractor
Remote (Santa Cruz, CA)
Full Stack Contractor (March 2025 - Present)
  • Building full-stack applications with Next.js, Shopify, TypeScript, Python, Node, Ruby, and AWS for clients with diverse needs and tight deadlines.
  • Managing production deployments with staging environments, ensuring zero-downtime updates for business-critical systems.
Jane Technologies, Inc.
Remote
Senior Software Engineer (Oct 2022 - March 2025)
Full Stack Engineer (Dec 2020 - Oct 2022)
Junior Full Stack Engineer (Jul 2020 - Dec 2020)
  • Built secure admin portal and partner dashboards with React and Rails, featuring advanced search, filtering, and data export.
  • Designed REST APIs and data ingestion pipelines supporting CSV import/export for customer and transaction data management.
  • Led BI platform integration with customizable reporting dashboards, coordinating feature updates across production systems.
  • Collaborated with product and design teams to deliver intuitive UI/UX, iterating based on user feedback and usage patterns.
Sono Bello
Kirkland, WA
Software Engineer (Jan 2020 - Jul 2020)
  • Built secure backend services with C# and Azure Functions, managing production deployments and ongoing feature updates.
  • Developed APIs with comprehensive validation and error handling for business-critical healthcare management system.
Independent Contractor
Remote
Full Stack Developer (Nov 2018 - Jul 2020)
  • Delivered ongoing support and feature updates for client web applications using React, Rails, Python, and WordPress.
  • Managed AWS and DigitalOcean server infrastructure with Docker, implementing CI/CD for reliable production deployments.
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Front Royal, Virginia
Data Engineering Intern (Mar 2018 - Oct 2018)
  • Built Python data pipelines for CSV processing and automated data ingestion, supporting conservation research workflows.
  • Developed data visualization dashboards and export tools, enabling researchers to analyze and share ecological datasets.

Education

Colorado College

B.A. in Organismal Biology & Ecology, Minor in Computer Science (2013 - 2017)
  • Coursework: Algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, software engineering with hands-on implementation projects.
  • Built IoT sensor systems with Arduino and real-time data collection backends for ecological monitoring applications.

Additional Training

  • Professional Development: Epic React by Kent C. Dodds (Advanced React patterns and performance optimization)