Summary
Lena Banks is a founding engineer and pragmatic software practitioner with nine years of experience building well-documented, extensible systems across startups and mid-size companies. Based in Denver, she has shipped production software at companies including Handshake, Teamshares, and Businessolver, and now shapes engineering and culture at Reflection Inc. She blends solid design principles with a mentoring mindset, actively organizing and preserving critical knowledge so teams remain productive as they scale. Known for clean code and practical architecture, she pairs optimism and social leadership with hands-on execution. An avid learner, Lena continually develops technical skills while fostering environments where personality and best practices thrive.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Colorado State University
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Colorado Denver
Computer Science, Computer Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville