# Danny Francken > Senior Full-Stack Engineer | Expert in Integrations & Distributed Cloud Systems Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/dannyfrancken Hi, I'm Danny. I enjoy helping build and lead collaborative engineering teams that deliver scalable solutions for customer success. At HackerRank, I routinely met with the product and sales teams to prioritize and deliver highly requested features, which brought the most value to our customers. I personally engaged with high-value clients to develop custom integration pipelines, driving contract renewals and new customer acquisitions. My expertise and passion involve working with backend infrastructure, API design, and crafting beautiful responsive UIs. In the morning before work, I'm usually at the gym. On weekends I enjoy going on hikes, working on a new song, or cheering on the Michigan Wolverines. #GoBlue ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ HackerRank Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 * Led a team of four engineers in planning and developing a new webhook architecture, which enhanced customer integration and expanded product usability. * Worked closely with key customer accounts to diagnose and resolve integration issues, leading to enhanced customer retention and the renewal of annual contracts worth around $100k in ARR. ### Senior Full-Stack Javascript Engineer @ Huckabuy Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Remote * Led the company’s customer onboarding initiatives, resulting in a $1.0M increase in ARR from new and renewed contracts. * Mentored junior engineers from intern to full-time employees through routine meetings, code reviews, and personalized feedback. * Reduced monthly service costs by 34% by migrating legacy processes into microservices, implementing caching, and utilizing Cloud Task Queues to optimize performance during peak periods. ### Full-Stack Javascript Mobile Engineer @ Independent Consultant Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States * Scaled a local small business into a multi-million dollar company with locations throughout Oregon by collaborating with employees and then using this experience to develop custom company-wide management software. * Starting with a simple app, I developed it into a multi-platform (iOS, Android and Desktop) social-media network using a combination of Node.js, Angular, Cordova, Objective-C, and Java. * Built a small engineering team and then led our efforts building out the Android & iOS apps as well as transitioning our legacy servers to a serverless system using Google Cloud. ### Full-Stack Javascript Engineer @ Vivint Solar Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Lehi, Utah, United States * Created new customer outreach and onboarding application using Node.js and Angular.js + Ionic. * Co-led Vivint Solar's first mobile app development and met with field technicians and their managers to assist with app training. ### Freelance Web Developer @ Barterly Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Vancouver, British Columbia This was a freelance position and I lead the development and launch of the initial web app for a student run startup. I built and scaled a web app using a MEAN stack from the ground up and worked with the founder to meet his design and technical requirements. ### Web Developer Fellow @ Myplanet Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Vancouver, Canada Area Lead web developer of intern team. Connected with local business in Vancouver in order to understand their problem and with them, arrive at a solution. Developed and launched a full-stack web app for a local company in order to help build their relationships with local townies. Web Technologies used: Node.js, Angular.js, Mongo, Express, HTML, CSS, Javascript and Jquery. ### Full Stack Web Developer @ University of Michigan Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Ann Arbor, MI Lead web developer building a full stack web app. I had ongoing meetings with university researchers in order to get their feedback on the app and helped shape the application to meet their changing needs. Technologies used: Mongo, Express, Angular.js, Node.js, CSS, HTML and Javascript ### IT Consultant @ University of Michigan Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | University of Michigan I work with the professors, graduate students and staff of the Anthropology department, asssisting them with any of their computer related issues. I will often have 3 to 4 projects which I will be juggling, so the job requires time management, along with people skills. ## Education ### Bachelor's Degree in Computational Informatics University of Michigan Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dafranck - GitHub: https://github.com/DaDanny --- Source: https://flows.cv/dannyfrancken JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/dannyfrancken/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22