Elayne Juten
Software Engineer III at Cars Commerce
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElayne Juten is a Software Engineer III with 11 years of experience building web applications and backend systems, currently focused at Cars Commerce where she works with Elixir, Phoenix, LiveView, and Ecto. She has a strong Ruby/Rails background from roles at Getty Images and open-source contributions, notably improving system-level RSpec tests for the human-essentials inventory project that supports diaper and period-supply banks. A frequent conference speaker and program committee member (RubyConf, ElixirConf, Code BEAM, RailsConf), she is passionate about mentoring early-career developers and translating technical concepts into confidence and career growth. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Elayne blends practical engineering with customer-facing empathy developed earlier in technical support roles. Her trajectory from music graduate studies to software engineering hints at creative problem-solving and disciplined practice applied to code and team development.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Computer Programming, Associate's degree, Computer Programming at Madison Area Technical CollegeBachelor of Arts - BA, Music, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Music at Viterbo UniversityMaster of Arts - MA, Music, Master of Arts - MA, Music at University of Iowa
Github Skills (7)
testing10
rspec10
ruby-rails10
rails10
ruby10
open-source8
nom6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rubyforgood/human-essentials
May 2019 - May 2019
Human Essentials is an inventory management system for diaper, incontinence, and period-supply banks. It supports them in distributing to partners, tracking inventory, and reporting stats and analytics.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 20 PRs, 1 push in 24 days
Contributions summary:Elayne primarily contributed to the test suite for the `human-essentials` repository, which is an inventory management system. Their work focused on system-level tests for barcode management, specifically writing and modifying system specifications using RSpec. The contributions included adding new test files, refactoring existing tests to use a consistent syntax and making adjustments to existing system tests.
inventorymanagement-systemstatisticsinventory-management-systemflows
ejuten/crypticCrossword
May 2018 - Jul 2022
It's a cryptic crossword, duh!
Contributions:4 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 2 months
crypticcrosswordduh
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