Dan Hough
Senior Software Engineer at Programa
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolDan Hough is a Senior Software Engineer based in Melbourne with 15 years of experience building user-focused web products across Ruby on Rails, React/TypeScript, and Laravel. He’s delivered end-to-end solutions for mission-driven organisations and SaaS businesses alike—working on payment-critical systems with Stripe, AI-assisted features, accessibility-focused CRMs, and integrations like WhatsApp and Calendly. Comfortable switching between backend architecture and polished front-ends, Dan champions TDD/BDD, reliability improvements, and pragmatic refactors that reduce operational friction. He’s shipped features that directly impact vulnerable users (eg. AI note-taking and welfare eligibility tools) and helped scale revenue-critical billing systems. A former product manager and team lead, he pairs hands-on coding with strong cross-functional communication and hiring/onboarding experience. Outside work he’s an open-source enthusiast and occasionally pairs culinary entrepreneurship with tech — co-running a Korean food stall early in his career.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Akeley Wood Senior School1st Class BEng Hons Software Engineering, 1st Class BEng Hons Software Engineering at The University of Sheffield
English, French, Korean, Japanese
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Github Skills (77)
data-tools10
js10
automated-tests10
javascript9
shell9
web-application9
metadata9
file-parser9
linter9
svg9
jekyll9
nodejs9
backbone8
psd8
zsh8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
basicallydan/eventedloop
Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
Contributions:35 commits in 16 days
callbacksfunctional-programmingarbitraryloopevent-based
basicallydan/skifree.js
Dec 2012 - Mar 2022
:ski: The classic PC Game SkiFree, but in JS.
Contributions:129 commits, 5 PRs, 18 pushes in 9 years 3 months
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