About

Adam Lessen is a Senior Software Engineer at Robinhood with over 12 years of relevant experience in the field. He is a full-stack engineer with a specialization in front-end development. He strives to be a pragmatic programmer and enjoys seeking out and applying best practices to build the most scalable, user-friendly, and developer-friendly apps possible. Adam believes that code can only be considered "good" if it is also maintainable, and he writes clean, easy-to-understand code that follows the best JavaScript and architectural patterns. Apart from his technical expertise, Adam is also an internal organizational and cultural leader. He enjoys the process of team building and has experience in leading development teams. At Uber, he served as a frontend lead and full-stack engineer, where he led the development of new React/GraphQL web applications. He also trained and educated the broader team on frontend best practices and emerging trends. Adam helped instill a culture of monitoring and observability for their services and organized and moderated company-wide web dev best practice discussions. Adam's educational background includes a BA in Engineering from Lafayette College, where he graduated in 2010. He also completed a full-stack software engineering program at Hack Reactor in 2016, where he gained expertise in all things JavaScript. Adam's tech stack includes software engineering, frontend development, JavaScript, and web development. He is a highly skilled and experienced engineer with a passion for building scalable and maintainable applications. Adam is an asset to any team and is always looking for ways to improve his skills and knowledge.