David Cole
Senior Elixir Developer at Digital Charleston, LLC
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Cole is a Senior Elixir Developer with 15 years of experience building and migrating high‑scale web systems for enterprises and startups. He currently modernizes legacy Space Systems ground software at Northrop Grumman using Elixir, Erlang, Phoenix and Ash, and has previously architected a multi‑brand eCommerce platform for Estée Lauder that served 300+ brands worldwide. His career includes leading front‑end rewrites and Rails-to-Elixir migrations at Nasdaq, Chargify, and TeamSnap, consistently improving performance, reliability, and conversion metrics. Comfortable across the stack—React/TypeScript front ends to Elixir/Phoenix back ends—he’s known for turning monoliths into maintainable services and delivering measurable business impact. Based in Mount Pleasant, SC, he pairs a formal CS master's with a background in music composition, bringing a methodical yet creative approach to system design.
15 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Music Theory and Composition, Bachelor of Arts Music Theory and Composition at College of CharlestonMaster of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at Marlboro College
Github Skills (39)
activeresource9
rest-api8
openapi8
api8
rest8
swagger8
ruby-wrapper7
swagger-ui7
netsuite7
partial6
css6
javascript6
ruby-on-rails5
redoc5
open-source5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
davidcole/permaculture
Apr 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:12 commits in 3 days
davidcole/fuzzy-date
Feb 2011 - Sep 2015
Contributions:54 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 4 years 7 months
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