Ben Hejkal
Senior Front-End Engineer at Ben Hejkal Photography
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Hejkal is a Senior Front-End Engineer in Minneapolis with a decade of experience specializing in modern JavaScript and responsive web applications. He builds production-ready UIs using React, Redux, Angular, and Node, and enjoys collaborating with creative engineering teams to solve complex problems. A Hack Reactor-trained software engineer with a BA in Geography, he brings both rigorous technical training and a broader, user-centered perspective to product decisions. Since 2021 he’s focused on front-end excellence at Software for Good while also running a long-standing freelance photography business, which informs his visual sensibility and attention to UX. Comfortable across the full stack, Ben pairs pragmatic implementation with continuous learning and a knack for translating design intent into polished, performant interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Hack ReactorBA, Geography, BA, Geography at Macalester College
Github Skills (7)
crowdfunding6
intern5
django5
houdini5
python4
infrastructure3
react2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hejkal/hejkal.github.io
Feb 2023 - May 2026
Contributions:54 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
hejkal/ArrowApp
Sep 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:14 pushes in 11 days
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