Ben Hanks
About Ben Hanks
Ben Hanks is a Senior Software Engineer at Kohl's with extensive experience in software engineering and leadership roles across various companies.
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Ben Hanks is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Kohl's, where he began working in 2023. He has held multiple engineering leadership roles in various companies over his career.
Current Role at Kohl's
Ben Hanks is serving as a Senior Software Engineer at Kohl's since 2023. This role is conducted remotely, as part of his extensive experience in remote engineering positions.
Previous Roles and Experience
Ben Hanks brings extensive experience in engineering and leadership roles across multiple companies. He was the Director Of Engineering at Kenect from 2022 to 2023 and the Backend Engineering Lead at Kenect just prior to that from 2021 to 2022. At Weave HQ, he held the position of Back End Tech Lead, Software Engineer IV from 2020 to 2021. Earlier, he served as Principal Software Engineer, Tech Lead at Neovest, Inc. from 2019 to 2020 and was also a Senior Software Engineer there in 2019.
Roles at PeopleKeep and Blue Coat Systems
Hanks held significant roles at PeopleKeep and Blue Coat Systems. He worked as Lead Software Engineer (Engineering Manager) at PeopleKeep from 2015 to 2019 based in Murray, UT. Before that, he spent five years from 2010 to 2015 as Senior Staff Software Engineer at Blue Coat Systems in Draper, UT.
Earlier Career Positions
In his earlier career, Ben Hanks worked as a Senior Software Developer at Overstock.com from 2009 to 2010 and as a Software Developer, Team Lead at Progrexion from 2006 to 2009. He began his career at Red Rock Software as QA, Systems Administrator, Web Developer from 2003 to 2006.
Education
Ben Hanks holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Weber State University, where he studied from 2001 to 2002.