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Evan Borden

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Senior Director of Software Engineering at Nearpod
📍 Austin, Texas, United States

Evan Borden is the Senior Director of Software Engineering at Nearpod, where he focuses on scaling the platform and enhancing engineering culture. He studied Web Site Development at Champlain College. Colleagues consistently describe him as empathetic, innovative, and user-centric, highlighting his emotionally intelligent leadership style.

Driven by an insatiable desire for knowledge, Evan is passionate about leveraging technology to create a meaningful impact in education. He advocates for developing tools that genuinely assist teachers and students, emphasizing iterative development with experts to ensure quality and effectiveness.

Unique fact: Evan served as a technical reviewer for the popular and influential JavaScript book, "You Dont Know JS: Scope & Closures. "

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Senior Director of Software Engineering
Job Level
Senior
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
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AI in Education
Passionate about building AI tools that provide meaningful impact and help for teachers, not just more noise. Emphasizes working with experts to get it right.
Engineering Process
Authored a blog post on the "cost of process" for software engineers, exploring the importance of understanding the 'why' behind any established process.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Senior Director of Software Engineering
Nearpod
2-2023
Director of Software Engineering
Nearpod
1-2020 - 2-2023
Software Engineering Manager
Freckle by Renaissance
1-2017 - 1-2020
Senior Software Engineer
Freckle by Renaissance
8-2014 - 11-2016
Senior Software Engineer
skedge.me
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Education
2005 - 2009
Web Site Development and Management
Champlain College
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