# Christian Hensen > Senior Software Engineer Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/christianhensen Passionate software engineer skilled in writing clean, testable code. Experienced with JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Node, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, various frontend frameworks, and mobile-first responsive development. I love to learn new things. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer IV @ LaunchDarkly Jan 2025 – Present ### Software Engineer III @ LaunchDarkly Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 • Collaborate cross-functionally with product and design teams, driving innovation through meticulous research, planning, and execution of new feature development • Enhance user experiences through customer-centric product changes • Utilize technical experience to craft internal and public REST API endpoints with Go, UI components with React and TypeScript • Improve accessibility across the platform • Provide mentorship, sharing valuable knowledge and career guidance ### Software Engineer II @ LaunchDarkly Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Senior Software Engineer @ Zype Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York At Zype, I've made impactful contributions across multiple domains. My hands-on involvement spans from enhancing the Zype core video CMS and its microservices, including in-house video transcoding and proxy services, to collaborating closely with product stakeholders to shape project requirements, design sprints, and streamline workflows through JIRA. I played a pivotal role in migrating the marketing site from Wordpress to NextJS on Vercel, ensuring enhanced performance. I led the hiring initiative to add engineers to drive growth of one of Zype's signature products - Playout. Furthermore, I served as lead developer of the aforementioned Playout product - an award-winning drag-and-drop linear playout stream programme scheduler, recognized as the **2021 NAB Show Product of the Year**. My commitment to quality extends to creating and maintaining comprehensive API documentation, and I've demonstrated dedication in assisting customers by troubleshooting issues and delivering tailored software solutions to foster the growth of their video businesses. ### Software Engineer @ Zype Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York ### Associate Front-End Developer @ Zype Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, New York ### Front-End Developer @ Viacom Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | New York, NY Utilized modern front-end development tools such as AngularJS and Twitter Bootstrap while collaborating with the design team in an Agile environment to develop and test the new version of Viacom's internal content management system. Directly responsible for implementing and maintaining a development team standards guide to improve code consistency across various Viacom teams. ### User Experience Designer, Digital Media Products @ Viacom Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York, NY Selected out of hundreds of applicants to participate in a competitive professional training program focused on emerging media. Followed the UX design process - including competitive analysis, interactive prototypes, and focus groups - in an effort to develop new digital products. Analyzed TV Land's current marketing strategy and presented an alternative to help them promote their re-brand to a more targeted audience. ### Freelance Web Designer & Developer @ Freelance Web Designer & Developer Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 Acquired clients through my own initiative and worked with these clients to design and develop their websites and graphics. ### Web Designer & Developer @ Jupiter Highway Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | New York, NY Responsible for handling multiple client web development projects, from wireframe to site build, for various industries such as public relations and hospitality. ### Mobile Web Development Intern @ Viacom Media Networks Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | New York, NY Analyzed competitor mobile websites and applications while designing and building mobile website templates for Viacom properties. Performed and presented a site audit that detailed various mobile inconsistencies for 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report'. ### Web Development Intern @ Eduware, Inc. Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Long Island, NY Website maintenance and support. ## Education ### Bachelor's Degree in Interactive Media / Computer Science Quinnipiac University Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ### Full-stack Web Development Thinkful Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 ### Data Analytics General Assembly Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 ### Chaminade High School Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 ### Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Architecting on AWS Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cjhensen --- Source: https://flows.cv/christianhensen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/christianhensen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29