Elijah Hamovitz
Software Engineer at Code.org
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElijah Hamovitz is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience building and maintaining full-stack web systems, currently managing CI/CD, security, and monitoring for Code.org’s interactive learning platform. He excels at navigating complex, unfamiliar codebases and translating them into simple, maintainable solutions while mentoring junior engineers and fostering collaborative, asynchronous workflows. His background spans analytics engine design, client-side applications, Django and Drupal ecosystems, and research in program analysis, giving him a strong foundation in both practical engineering and formal methods. Elijah is data-driven—instrumenting products to track usage, detect bottlenecks, and inform optimization—and comfortable owning end-to-end reliability work from tests through deployment. Based in Seattle, he brings a rare blend of hands-on implementation, documentation discipline, and a knack for turning experimental ideas into production-ready tools.
15 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Major: Computer & Information Science - Minor: Mathematics, Bachelor of Science Major: Computer & Information Science - Minor: Mathematics at University of Oregon
Github Skills (114)
commonmark10
makecode10
blockly10
inspect10
markdown10
javascript10
dance10
science10
studio10
markup10
remark10
vscode-extension10
coding10
vscode10
maze10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Hamms/html-equivalency
Aug 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:6 PRs, 15 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 5 months
code-dot-org/curriculumbuilder
Mar 2018 - May 2021
Curriculum Builder in development for writing sweet K-12 CS curriculum
Contributions:17 reviews, 285 commits, 155 PRs in 3 years 2 months
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