Elan Katz
Member Of Technical Staff at Veritus
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElan Katz is a Member of Technical Staff and full-stack software engineer with 11 years of professional experience, blending JavaScript and Python expertise (React/Redux, Express, Flask, PostgreSQL) with a consultative, user-centered approach honed across 60+ consulting engagements. He has built high-performance e-commerce integrations and ETL pipelines on GCP, scoped custom solutions for enterprise clients that helped drive over $10M in annual revenue, and created internal tools and documentation to accelerate teams. A former consultant who transitioned into engineering, Elan pairs strong quantitative analysis skills (SPSS and modeling) with practical product delivery and cross-functional collaboration. Based in Oakland, he treats programming as a creative outlet and brings curiosity and continuous learning—evident from an App Academy intensive after a BA in Biological Chemistry—to every project. Outside work he’s an avid cook, photographer, and plant enthusiast, traits that reflect his attention to detail and patience for iterative problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Biological Chemistry, B.A. Biological Chemistry at University of California, BerkeleyApp Academy
Github Skills (12)
backend9
expressjs9
music7
database7
javascript6
full-stack6
postgresql6
react6
graphql4
slack2
chat2
messaging1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
starsabhi/lofidelity
May 2022 - Jul 2022
Inspired by Bandcamp, lofidelity is an online music community where passionate lofi fans discover, connect with, and directly support the artists they love.
Contributions:19 reviews, 108 commits, 54 PRs in 1 month
discoverlofibandcampfansonline-music
otter23/northrn-flickr
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
full-stack photo hosting platform inspired by Flickr, that creates a community for birders to share and discover bird photos
Contributions:26 PRs, 37 pushes, 15 branches in 10 months
discoverhostingreactfull-stackbird
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