Summary
Drew Tate is a Senior Software Engineer with six years of hands-on experience building high-impact front-end systems, currently shaping Elastic’s flagship data visualization builder, Kibana Lens, within the largest TypeScript repo on GitHub. He excels at prototyping at the edges of possibility, clarifying ambiguous requirements, and delivering maintainable, performant experiences that delight both customers and developers. Drew’s background spans product-focused roles at Esri—where he co-architected end-to-end testing and migrated core features into reusable TypeScript libraries—and entrepreneurial work as a co-founder navigating HIPAA, EHR integrations, and security for medical apps. Known as a natural improver, he pairs technical craftsmanship with a strong sense for business efficiency and developer ergonomics. Based in Provo, Utah, he brings a rare blend of startup grit and enterprise-scale engineering discipline to visualization and tooling challenges.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Brigham Young University
English, Norwegian