Dane Hesseldahl

About Dane Hesseldahl

Hulugan. Lord of Evil. Liker of burritos.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer - Roku

   Crunchyroll

   Jun 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   I work as a senior engineer on the Roku team at Crunchyroll, helping to shape the streaming experience for millions of anime fans around the world. I focus on performance, accessibility, and building responsive, intuitive user interfaces using BrightScript and Roku SceneGraph. What I do: • Lead development of new features and core experiences within the Crunchyroll Roku app. • Improve app architecture for performance, maintainability, and modular design. • Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and QA to deliver high-quality releases. • Integrate third-party services including analytics, ads (RAF), and accessibility tools. • Contribute to roadmap planning, technical design, and implementation decisions. • Mentor junior engineers and support onboarding of new team members. • Advocate for accessibility, localization, and inclusive design across the platform.

Education

• Oregon Institute of Technology

  Software Engineering

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Css
• Front-End
• Jsp
• Mobile Applications
• Budgets
• Jquery
• Web Development
• Apache
• Html5
• Vb.net
• Project Management
• Php
• Java
• Ruby
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Database Design
• Software Development
• Python
• Software Project Management
• Actionscript
• Software Development Methodologies
• User Experience
• Requirements Gathering
• User Interface Design
• Information Architecture
• Xhtml
• Flex
• Objective-C
• Flash
• Knockoutjs
• Prioritize Workload
• Interaction Design
• Django
• Javascript
• Html 5
• C#
• Wordpress
• Ajax
• Budget Management
• Ruby on Rails