Christopher Elkins
Senior Software Engineer at Nike
Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Elkins is a Senior Software Engineer based in Beaverton, Oregon, with over 14 years of professional experience and nearly two decades of involvement across the full product lifecycle. He specializes in backend Java development and has applied that expertise at companies including Nike, Bodybuilding.com, and ESHA Research, often in contract and enterprise settings. Christopher contributes to notable open-source projects such as Dropwizard, where he improved database configuration and testing robustness—work that reflects a pragmatic focus on production-ready services. Known for stabilizing systems and refining infrastructure details like logging and MIME mappings, he blends legacy-system knowledge with modern service design. With a Computer Science background from Portland State University, he brings steady, hands-on engineering and a track record of shipping reliable backend solutions.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Portland State University
English
Github Skills (13)
jersey10
dropwizard10
restful10
javas10
rest-services10
java10
webservice10
database9
jax-rs9
hibernate9
databases9
jetty8
jdbi7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
dropwizard/dropwizard
Mar 2012 - Mar 2014
A damn simple library for building production-ready RESTful web services.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily focused on enhancing the database configuration and functionality of the Dropwizard framework. Their contributions include adding the ability to configure read-only database connections and deprecating the `defaultReadOnly` property. They also fixed Java syntax errors and updated Jersey references. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to testing, logging, and MIME mappings, solidifying their involvement in various aspects of the project's backend.
production-readyweb-services-restfulrestful-webservicesjax-rsproduction
celkins/dropwizard-buildpack
Mar 2014 - Oct 2014
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 7 months
foundrycloud-foundrybuildpackjava-applicationsjava
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