Summary
Elizabeth Uselton is a senior software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in Python and Django, contributing to both the framework and the core language, and currently shaping architecture and mentoring teams in Seattle. She has deep payments and finance domain expertise—designing append-only orders systems, implementing sales tax and international payment handling that unlocked new markets and materially improved revenue and operational reliability. Comfortable across languages from Erlang and Go to Ruby, she has led service-oriented migrations that cut emergent bug time by 60% and sped payouts while ensuring compliance with PCI, KYC, SCA, GAAP and VAT. A pragmatic architect and hands-on mentor, she pairs domain-driven design with careful engineering to reduce cognitive load for teams and fix long-standing financial data issues. Her background in theater production management surfaces in clear cross-functional communication with accountants and product stakeholders, helping translate complex requirements into auditable, production-ready systems.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Math and Computer Science, Math and Computer Science at Seattle Central College
University of California Santa Cruz