Summary
Thor Hanks is a Principal Front-End Engineer with 12 years of experience designing and implementing high-performance, user-focused web UIs, currently shaping front-end architecture at impact.com. With a foundation in back-end languages like C++ and SQL, he brings a systems-minded approach to client-side engineering, excelling in React, Redux, Webpack and component-driven design. He has repeatedly built and governed front-end monorepos, unified UI libraries, and Storybook setups that scale across teams and products. Known for marrying visual polish with rigorous performance and maintainability, he also documents and educates teams on best practices to speed development and reduce defects. Based in Seattle, Thor is adept at ramping up quickly on new tools and has a track record of leading UI strategy through multiple acquisitions and product transitions.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Software Engineering Minor in Math Specialty in Statistics, B.S. Software Engineering Minor in Math Specialty in Statistics at Montana Technological University
A.S. Engineering Computer Science Engineering Computer Science, A.S. Engineering Computer Science Engineering Computer Science at Amarillo College