I'm a full-stack engineer who who loves helping teams consistently ship strategic features.
Across 18 years in tech, I've driven growth from a variety of roles—from Director of Engineering at Vimeo, where I achieved a 100% offer acceptance rate as a hiring manager, to Head of Product at Focusmate, where I 10x'd revenue and engagement.
I've also founded and sold a startup, guided companies in adopting agile and OKRs, and mentored over 100 business and engineering leaders.
Tech stack: JavaScript, React, Node, Python.
Career highlights:
- Vimeo, Director of Engineering: Revitalized the morale and productivity of a struggling department through process improvements and strategic hiring, achieving a 100% offer acceptance rate. (React, JavaScript, Rails)
- Codecademy, Engineering Manager: Planned and led the implementation of a trial flow that boosted conversions to paid subscriptions. (React, JavaScript, Rails)
- Focusmate, Head of Product: Scaled weekly active users (WAU) and revenue by 10x in 18 months by enhancing first-time user experience and launching a subscription model.
- Techstars, All-Star Mentor: Coached over 100 business and engineering leaders across diverse industries, including dev tools, B2B, education, recruiting, media, hospitality, and sports.
- Smart Host, Co-founder & CEO: Sold the company after leading team through Techstars, first revenue, product launches, fundraising, and hiring. (React, JavaScript, Python)
I'm a full-stack engineer who who loves helping teams consistently ship strategic features.
Across 18 years in tech, I've driven growth from a variety of roles—from Director of Engineering at Vimeo, where I achieved a 100% offer acceptance rate as a hiring manager, to Head of Product at Focusmate, where I 10x'd revenue and engagement.
I've also founded and sold a startup, guided companies in adopting agile and OKRs, and mentored over 100 business and engineering leaders.
Tech stack: JavaScript, React, Node, Python.
Career highlights:
- Vimeo, Director of Engineering: Revitalized the morale and productivity of a struggling department through process improvements and strategic hiring, achieving a 100% offer acceptance rate. (React, JavaScript, Rails)
- Codecademy, Engineering Manager: Planned and led the implementation of a trial flow that boosted conversions to paid subscriptions. (React, JavaScript, Rails)
- Focusmate, Head of Product: Scaled weekly active users (WAU) and revenue by 10x in 18 months by enhancing first-time user experience and launching a subscription model.
- Techstars, All-Star Mentor: Coached over 100 business and engineering leaders across diverse industries, including dev tools, B2B, education, recruiting, media, hospitality, and sports.
- Smart Host, Co-founder & CEO: Sold the company after leading team through Techstars, first revenue, product launches, fundraising, and hiring. (React, JavaScript, Python)
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/evanhammer Email: hi@evanhammer.com